Día Internacional de la Diversidad Biológica: celebremos protegiendo la biodiversidad, no promoviendo el turismo

Friends of the Earth International criticizes the UN Convention on Biological Diversity for promoting tourism to protect biodiversity, arguing that mass tourism leads to ecosystem destruction, water scarcity, and the displacement of indigenous peoples. The statement highlights that while community-based projects exist, the broader industry is characterized by corporate profit, high emissions, and human rights abuses.

• Mass tourism is identified as a primary driver of unsustainable and economically unjust practices, including the displacement of indigenous peoples from their lands to make way for resorts and the destruction of valuable ecosystems during hotel construction.
• The tourism industry causes severe environmental degradation, with cruise ships discharging up to 3.8 billion liters of wastewater into oceans and the sector contributing 5% of global emissions.
• Tourism creates significant resource imbalances and waste; tourists in some cases use up to 16 times more water than local residents, and 36% of all food purchased by resorts ends up as waste.
• The aviation industry is projected to grow by 700% by 2050 and intends to use REDD programs to offset emissions, which the document characterizes as a false and unsustainable solution.
• While community-based tourism projects, such as eco-cultural tourism in Timor-Leste, can protect territories and cultures through self-management and direct local income, such positive examples are minimal globally.

APA

admin (2017). Día Internacional de la Diversidad Biológica: celebremos protegiendo la biodiversidad, no promoviendo el turismo. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/dia-internacional-de-la-diversidad-biologica-celebremos-protegiendo-la-biodiversidad-no-promoviendo-el-turismo/

Chicago

admin. Día Internacional de la Diversidad Biológica: celebremos protegiendo la biodiversidad, no promoviendo el turismo. Friends of the Earth International, 2017. https://www.foei.org/es/dia-internacional-de-la-diversidad-biologica-celebremos-protegiendo-la-biodiversidad-no-promoviendo-el-turismo/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2017internacional, author = {admin}, title = {{Día Internacional de la Diversidad Biológica: celebremos protegiendo la biodiversidad, no promoviendo el turismo}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2017}, month = may, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/dia-internacional-de-la-diversidad-biologica-celebremos-protegiendo-la-biodiversidad-no-promoviendo-el-turismo/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }