SW England Low Carbon Tourism - REAP Tourism Footprinting Tool

Good practice Published on: 19/01/2012

Brief Summary:
As per the description.

Project management: age of project, how it was funded, and how it was managed:
Developed in 2007/08, funded and managed by SWT.

Aims, Objectives and Purpose
To help develop strategies to reduce the ecological and carbon footprint of tourism. To provide a baseline.

References:
For more information and to download a paper on the tool visit :
http://www.swtourism.org.uk/our-strategic-work/sustainability-work/reap-resource-and-energy-analysis-program/

http://resource-accounting.org.uk/reap-tourism

Awards:
This forms part of the work which was recognized by the World Travel & Tourism Council in making SWT one of three finalists in the 2009 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards (Destination Stewardship category)

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Name of partner :
South West Tourism

Progress: in progress

Indicator: yes

Category of good practice:
Product

Geographical reach:
local

Project owner:
State

Concerned territory:
UK, South West England

ERANET theme:
  • Impact of transport
  • Reduction and optimization of energy consumption
  • Reduction and optimization of natural resource use with particular focus on water
  • Reduction of waste and better waste management
  • Resident’s Quality of life

WTO objective:
  • Economical viability
  • Local prosperity
  • Biological diversity
  • Physical integrity of sites and landscapes
  • Purity of environment
  • Rational use of resources
  • Cultural wealth
  • Social equity
  • Visitor’s satisfaction
  • Wellbeing of communities

The NETJAC tool was developped by Azur Consulting and is a property of the CCTD.
It has been made available to Ernest beneficiaries as a tool to implement WP3