Noakes appointed to Board of Global Sustainable Tourism Council
http://www.gstcouncil.org/
A leading advocate for sustainable tourism approaches in the Pacific Asia region has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the new United Nations endorsed Global Sustainable Tourism Council - the only global multi-stakeholder non-governmental organization, with sustainability for the tourism sector as its core mission.
An active industry player for the past 30 years, Australian based Steve Noakes will now be the only representative from the Pacific region on the Washington DC based Board.
Founded in 2010 with the support of the United Nations Foundation, the UN World Tourism organisation, the United Nations Environment Program, Rainforest Alliance and numerous other international government, non-government, industry and academia, the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) serves as the international body for promoting education, awareness and adoption of sustainable tourism practices.
A strategic coalition of partners under the umbrella of the UN, the GSTC is registered in the United States as a not-for-profit corporation. It was born out of the merger of two initiatives: the Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Partnership) and the Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council (STSC).
The GSTC will trademark, manage and update the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (the criteria). The Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria are the minimum requirements that any tourism business should reach in order to protect and sustain the world’s natural and cultural resources while ensuring tourism meets its potential as a tool for conservation and poverty alleviation in developing economic regions.
Noakes is founding Director of international project management company, Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd, a Director of Ecolodges Indonesia, member of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University, Australia.
Steve Noakes
Director, Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd
P.O. Box 7855, Gold Coast 9726, Australia
A leading advocate for sustainable tourism approaches in the Pacific Asia region has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the new United Nations endorsed Global Sustainable Tourism Council - the only global multi-stakeholder non-governmental organization, with sustainability for the tourism sector as its core mission.
An active industry player for the past 30 years, Australian based Steve Noakes will now be the only representative from the Pacific region on the Washington DC based Board.
Founded in 2010 with the support of the United Nations Foundation, the UN World Tourism organisation, the United Nations Environment Program, Rainforest Alliance and numerous other international government, non-government, industry and academia, the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) serves as the international body for promoting education, awareness and adoption of sustainable tourism practices.
A strategic coalition of partners under the umbrella of the UN, the GSTC is registered in the United States as a not-for-profit corporation. It was born out of the merger of two initiatives: the Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Partnership) and the Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council (STSC).
The GSTC will trademark, manage and update the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (the criteria). The Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria are the minimum requirements that any tourism business should reach in order to protect and sustain the world’s natural and cultural resources while ensuring tourism meets its potential as a tool for conservation and poverty alleviation in developing economic regions.
Noakes is founding Director of international project management company, Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd, a Director of Ecolodges Indonesia, member of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University, Australia.
Steve Noakes
Director, Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd
P.O. Box 7855, Gold Coast 9726, Australia
steve@pacificasiatourism.org; http://www.pacificasiatourism.org/
SPECIAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION JOURNEY INTO INDONESIA DEPART 12 APRIL 2011
SPECIAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION JOURNEY INTO INDONESIA DEPART 12 APRIL 2011
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Director, PT Ecolodges Indonesia http://www.ecolodgesindonesia.com/
Board of Directors, Global Sustainable Tourism Council http://www.gstcouncil.org/
Adjunct Professor, Griffith University, Australia http://www.griffith.edu.au/
MDGs - monumental importance is matched only by its minuscule brand recognition
Director, PT Ecolodges Indonesia http://www.ecolodgesindonesia.com/
Board of Directors, Global Sustainable Tourism Council http://www.gstcouncil.org/
Adjunct Professor, Griffith University, Australia http://www.griffith.edu.au/
MDGs - monumental importance is matched only by its minuscule brand recognition
