Workshop on Sustainable Tourism and Whale Watching in North America; A Baja-to-Bering Case Study

摘要

The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) convened an international workshop in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, from March 22 to 23, 2001. The workshop's stated objectives Were to assess the potential for sustainable tourism to be a tool for Biodiversity conservation, to develop a framework for sustainable Whale watching in 1 of 14 CEC priority regions (from Baja California, Mexico, to the Bering Sea) as a case study, and to present preliminary Results of the state and extent of nature-based tourism in North America (North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2001).