www.globalpovertyproject.com

Communique # 25

September 2009

New to the network:

Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria and Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council Announce Merge to Form Tourism Sustainability Council

The result is a new initiative that will launch in 2010 called the Tourism Sustainability

Council (TSC), a global membership council that will offer a common understanding of sustainable tourism and the adoption of universal sustainable tourism principles and criteria. The TSC will bring together tourism businesses presently operating to various

degrees of sustainability performance, governments, UN bodies, research and academic institutions, social and environmental NGOs, certification programs, and others from distinct regions of the world. http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/news.cfm?id=gstc_stsc_merge

Key supporting institutions for the Tourism Sustainability Council:

www.pacificasiatourism.org

International development via sustainable tourism

New Future Leader: Johanne Barthes has extensive knowledge and experience in ecotourism, community-based tourism development, fair trade and climate change through international employment. She has a solid international background in strategic

business management, and marketing and communications planning, including a double Masters degrees - with a Masters in Risk management in Southern Countries (Institute of Political Science, Bordeaux, France), and a Masters in Business Administration (IDRAC, France). Johanne has worked with Ecotourism Australia in marketing and business development projects within sustainable tourism, certification programs and

climate action. She has also worked in Fair Trade in New Zealand and with Oxfam and is fluent in her native French and English, and has functional Spanish.

Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd founder, Steve Noakes, participated in the September meetings held at the

National Geographic Society in Washington DC which has resulted in the announcement of the official merger of the Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC) and the Sustainable Tourism

Stewardship Council (STSC).

VolunTourism

+ Partner SAVE Travel Alliance has been accepted as the tourism sector member of The Volunteers for

Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA), the world's largest consortium of economic growth volunteer

organizations. Collectively, they have assisted over 140 developing and transitional countries by

sending out more than 67,000 volunteer experts to help promote economic growth. Pursuant to

Associate Cooperative Agreements with USAID missions, VEGA manages sub-agreements with its

member organizations that provide project implementation services. VEGA is the both the reward

recipient and a single point of contact to USAID as representative of the implementing

organizations. www.save-travel.org, www.vegaalliance.org . Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd is the Asia

Pacific Focal Point for SAVE Travel Alliance.

Indonesia & Lao PDR - current volunteer projects supported by Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd:

Wildlife Conservation Internship.

Tanjung Puting National Park, OFI Orangutan Care Center, Kalimantan, Indonesia

http://orangutan.org/index.php

Communications Officer Internship

• Duration is from 6 to 12 months.

• There is a cost of US$250 per month for food and lodging, which will be arranged by

Orangutan Foundation International

• Transportation expenses, travel and health insurance ares the responsibility of the Intern.

• Proof of vaccinations and a health certificate from a doctor are also required.

• Applications for the next internship beginning January 15th are due November 1st.

For further information, please email:

Susan.Labandibar@techboston.com (Boston, USA)

Adopt an orphan orangutan for US$75

‘This little one was sitting in his cage, eating crackers proffered by one of the Forestry

Department officials. He had lost his mother the day before. Dr. Galdikas said that that he

was another victim of the palm oil industry. Palm oil plantation owners often pay a bounty for

the hand or head of an orangutans who, having lost their forest homes, have nowhere to go

but into the palm fields. Dr. Galdikas named the baby "Little Mason." ‘

http://commerce03.i2net.com/able55new/stores/24/Become-Little-Masons-Foster-Parent-

P18547C426.aspx

Lao PDR:

The NKNPA is looking for motivated, self reliant, recent graduates with a background and interest in

conservation and tourism, to assist in setting up this exciting new centre. The intern will work with local

guides to set up educational treks into the NKNPA, set up trainings for villagers in management the NKRTC.

Three hikes are being developed into the heart of the NKNPA. The cost of 12 weeks is US$2700USD. For 6

weeks US$1800 or for 4 weeks US$900 per person. Longer stays are possible too.

For more details, contact Chris Hallam, challam@wcs.org

Pacific Island opportunities Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd is Australian Partner organisation (APO) with the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development program on the 3 projects below ‘The AYAD Program aims to strengthen mutual understanding between Australia and the countries of the Asia-Pacific and make a positive contribution to development. AYAD places young Australians, aged 18-30, on short-term assignments (3-12 months) in developing countries throughout Asia and the Pacific.’ Online

Tourism

Marketing

Trainer

Regional

Pacific

http://www.ayad.com.au/aspx/displayAssignment.aspx?assignmentID=8184

Eco-Tourism

Development

Officer

Vanuatu

http://www.ayad.com.au/aspx/displayAssignment.aspx?assignmentID=8068

Eco-Tourism

Field

Education

Trainer

Mongolia

http://www.ayad.com.au/aspx/displayAssignment.aspx?assignmentID=7994

All candidate applications are due 25th of September direct to www.ayad.com.au

http://mdgasiapacific.org

2009 Internship.

Nam Kading National Protected

Area (NKNPA),

Bolikhamxay Province,

Lao Peoples Democratic Republic

(PDR)

In association with:

Visiting Lecture in Washington DC

During September, Steve Noakes delivered a Visiting Lecture to International post grad

students at The George Washington University on the topic: NETWORKS: Essential

for Destination Management & Competitiveness. www.gwu.edu

Just had to get a new photo of the Obama White House and a coffee & bagel in Georgetown!

The Center for Global Development is an independent, nonprofit policy research organization

that is dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality and to making globalization work for

the poor. Through a combination of research and strategic outreach, the Center actively engages

policymakers and the public to influence the policies of the United States, other rich countries, and

such institutions as the World Bank, the IMF, and the World Trade Organization to improve the

economic and social development prospects in poor countries. CGD was recently ranked among

the world’s top think tanks (number 15 out of several thousand such research organizations) in an

independent survey-based ranking published in Foreign Policy magazine. Steve Noakes is one of

the few Charter Members in Pacific Asia region. http://www.cgdev.org/

The new CGD office in Washington DC is LEED-certified

Platinum, the highest level of reduced environmental

impact for such offices.

http://www.cgdev.org/section/about/new_green_office

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PT-CAP: Pacific Tourism – Climate Adaptation Project

Tourism & Climate Change radio interview with

Tuvalu Tourism Officer Fakasoa Tealei and Prof. Terry DeLacy

www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/200909/s2675869.htm

Map source: http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/oceania.htm

Pacific Asia Customer Service Training

http://www.oceaniatourismalliance.net/Documents/Training%20&%20Education%20Suzanne%20N

oakes%2009%20Nov%2008.pdf

Also, see http://www.pacificasiatourism.org/documents/PATCapability.pdf

Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd is a

Founding Partner of the Oceania

Sustainable Tourism Alliance, the

network driving the AusAID funded

research project PT-CAP: Pacific

Tourism – Climate Adaptation Project.

A 1000 miles north of Fiji - Tuvalu is

turning its devastating annual high tide

into a festival, to attract tourists. The

island chain, which at its highest is just

four metres above sea level, will hold its

first King Tide Festival in February next

year. The Tuvalu government fears their

country may be one of the first victims of

climate change. But it's trying to turn its

status as a low-lying atoll country

vulnerable to rising sea levels into a plus

for its tourist industry. Tourism officer for

the Tuvalu government Fakasoa Tealei

says they are turning the annual king

tide, which threatens to inundate large

parts of the country, into a tourist

attraction.

Suzanne Noakes is one of the region’s

most experienced short course customer

service training specialists. She is typical

of the wealth of experience & talent

within the PAT network to deliver a range

of sustainable tourism education, training

& research projects Photo credit: www.asiatranspacific.com

Resources.

ADB: Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2009

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2009/

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2009/pdf/Key-Indicators-2009.pdf

State of the World Population:

USAID Microenterprise development tools

Doing Business: International Finance Corporation

www.doingbusiness.org/Documents/FullReport/2009/DB_2009_English.pdf

The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2009 is the flagship annual statistical data book

of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It presents the latest available economic, financial,

social, environmental, and Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators for regional

members of ADB. The special chapter in Key Indicators 2009 “Enterprises in Asia:

Fostering Dynamism in SMEs” looks at the impact of the current global economic crisis on

small and medium-sized enterprises and discusses how to foster greater dynamism in

SMEs once the crisis has played out. The online edition is free.

microLINKS contains over 4,000 documents,

presentations, and other resources related to

microenterprise development, many of them

produced or supported by USA

http://www.microlinks.org/ev_en.php?ID=12622_201

&ID2=DO_TOPIC

Doing Business 2009 compares business regulations in 181 economies. It measures regulations

affecting 10 areas of everyday business. Regulations affecting 10 stages of the life of a business

are measured: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers,

registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders,

enforcing contracts and closing a business.

Culture is and always has been

central to development. As a natural

and fundamental dimension of

people’s lives, culture must be

integrated into development policy

and programming. This report shows

how this process works in practice.

www.unfpa.org/swp/index.html

The Impacts of Climate Change on Australian Tourism Destinations – Developing Adaptation and

Response Strategies.

The study has examined the potential impacts of climate change in five Australian tourism destinations over the next 10, 40 and 60 years and scoped likely adaptation and mitigation strategies that will need to be implemented to address a changing destination landscape http://crctourism.com.au/WMS/Upload/Resources/The%20Impacts%20of%20Climate%20Change%20Summar

y%20WEB.pdf

Coral Triangle:

Covering nearly 2.3 million square miles of ocean across all, or parts of, the seas of six

countries in the Indo-Pacific—Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines,

the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste—the Coral Triangle is a myriad of life forms and

lifestyles.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/coraltriangle/

Chinese consumer insights.

Tourism That Doesn't Cost the Earth

Canada: The Icarus Foundation is a not-for-profit environmental, policy, research

and education organization focused on sustaining a climate friendly tourism

industry. Mission to be the catalyst that helps Canada become a climate friendly

tourism destination. www.theicarusfoundation.com

The Coral Triangle is defined by

marine zones containing at least

500 species of reef-building coral—

the darkest area that is roughly

triangular in shape shown in the

map. Certain neighboring countries

like Australia and Fiji contain rich

coral biodiversity as well, but with

somewhat lower numbers.

WWF's vision: Protect the resilience

and the native species through

collaboratively managed practices

across political and cultural boundaries

and create economic opportunities for

the people who live here and depend

on natural resources for their

livelihoods

The China site for Nielsen (Market Measurement, Research, Analytics,

Diagnostics etc) is always good for some insights to Chinese consumer

behaviours. http://cn.en.nielsen.com/site/index.shtml

Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd supporting:

VANUATU

www.marineprotectedarea.com.vu

THAILAND

www.TourismROI.com

www.save-travel.org

The SAVE Alliance is non-profit “network of networks” that facilitates linkages between potential or developing tourism destinations and attractions, and the appropriate SAVE markets.

In 2003, a group of students from The George Washington University travelled to Honduras to conduct field studies as a component of an experiential consulting class designed to present the Honduras Institute of Tourism with a tourism strategy to increase visitation to the North Coast. The students conceived and presented the SAVE concept of tourism, a strategy that integrates the market demand and untapped supply of four specific niche markets: Scientific, Academic, Volunteer, and Education. The key to the strategy is geotourism, a philosophy that works to sustain and enhance, rather than hinder the local destination.

www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable/about_geotourism.html

Asia Pacific Focal Point for SAVE Travel Alliance: Steve Noakes, steve@pacificasiatourism.org

Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd in association with the START Regional

centre at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok and Prince of Songkla University, southern Thailand, continues to support the South Andaman Sustainable Tourism Network. www.SACSTN.org

Travel Mole

Sustainable Travel International

University linkages are maintained with leading researchers who can contribute

new knowledge and professional inputs to international projects:

� PAT is member of the Travel Mole Special Advisors Group. TravelMole is the largest global online community for the

Travel and Tourism Industry with over 450,000 registered newswire. www.travelmole.com

� PAT is member of the Advisory Board of Sustainable Travel

International (STI) is a USA 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to providing education and outreach services that help travelers, travel providers and related organizations support environmental conservation and protect

cultural heritage while promoting cross-cultural understanding and economic development. www.sustainabletravelinternational.org/documents/au_advisory.html

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok