Journée internationale de la diversité biologique: célébrez-la en protégeant la biodiversité, plutôt qu’en promouvant le tourisme

A statement by Friends of the Earth International criticizing the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's 2017 theme of tourism, arguing that mass tourism causes severe environmental degradation and human rights abuses rather than protecting biodiversity.

• Friends of the Earth International argues that the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) overemphasizes the benefits of tourism for biodiversity while ignoring its negative impacts.
• Mass tourism is identified as a primary driver of economic injustice and environmental destruction, including the expulsion of indigenous peoples from their lands to build resorts and the devastation of high-value ecosystems.
• The tourism industry causes significant resource strain and pollution, with tourists in some cases using 16 times more water than local residents, hotels wasting over 150 tonnes of food annually (with 36% of purchased food discarded), and cruise ships discharging up to 3.8 billion liters of wastewater into oceans.
• The document asserts that tourism is unlikely to become a 'green' industry, noting it accounts for 5% of global emissions and that the aviation sector expects 700% growth by 2050, relying on REDD programs which the author describes as a 'false solution'.
• While community-based tourism projects, such as eco-cultural tourism in Timor-Leste, can be positive if they ensure local autonomy and revenue, most sustainable tourism initiatives are not currently viable or fail to provide local communities with self-determination.

APA

admin (2017). Journée internationale de la diversité biologique: célébrez-la en protégeant la biodiversité, plutôt qu’en promouvant le tourisme. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/fr/journee-internationale-de-la-diversite-biologique-celebrez-la-en-protegeant-la-biodiversite-plutot-quen-promouvant-le-tourisme/

Chicago

admin. Journée internationale de la diversité biologique: célébrez-la en protégeant la biodiversité, plutôt qu’en promouvant le tourisme. Friends of the Earth International, 2017. https://www.foei.org/fr/journee-internationale-de-la-diversite-biologique-celebrez-la-en-protegeant-la-biodiversite-plutot-quen-promouvant-le-tourisme/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=Journée internationale de la diversité biologique: célébrez-la en protégeant la biodiversité, plutôt qu’en promouvant le tourisme |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=21 May 2017 |url=https://www.foei.org/fr/journee-internationale-de-la-diversite-biologique-celebrez-la-en-protegeant-la-biodiversite-plutot-quen-promouvant-le-tourisme/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2017journe, author = {admin}, title = {{Journée internationale de la diversité biologique: célébrez-la en protégeant la biodiversité, plutôt qu’en promouvant le tourisme}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2017}, month = may, url = {https://www.foei.org/fr/journee-internationale-de-la-diversite-biologique-celebrez-la-en-protegeant-la-biodiversite-plutot-quen-promouvant-le-tourisme/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }