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Tourist Destinations as Landscape Laboratories - Tools for Sustainable Tourism (LANDSCAPE LAB)
Start date: Sep 1, 2004, End date: Aug 31, 2007,
Background
Tourism is likely to become the largest single economic activity in the EU. It currently accounts for 5.5% of the EUâs GNP. Environmental questions and the concept of sustainable tourism are considered under the EU Commissionâs Action Plan to Assist Tourism, and the Green Paper produced on the role of the EU in the field of tourism. Member ...
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Restoration and protection of the River Simojoki (Simojoki)
Start date: May 1, 2002, End date: Apr 30, 2007,
...n habitats are found there and it is a breeding ground for trout, whitefish and river lamprey.
The Simojokiâs eco-system has been threatened in several ways. Parts were cleared by the forestry industry in the 1940s, 50s and 60s to assist floating of logs, thus altering the flow and significantly impacting on the areaâs biodiversity. The quality of the water has been harmed by scatterings of ...
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Developing sustainable nature tourism in the UNESCO biosphere reserves of the Archipelago Sea and the Western Estonia islands
Start date: Jun 30, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2005,
The aim is to develop a model for ecotourism in the participating biosphere reserves. Activities include a survey on locations suitable for ecotourism and collection of development ideas from the tourism enterprises in the area. The criteria and operating models will be applied and tested in practice in a pilot setting of Jungfruskär and corresponding site in Estonia. Target areas: Jungfruskär, ...
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