Tourism

List of acronyms ACIF

BAU CBD

ECLAC CESD

CO2 CSR

DFI

Amazon Carbon and Biodiversity Investment Fund

Business-as-usual Convention on Biological Diversity

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development

Carbon dioxide

Corporate social responsibility Development Finance Institutions

DMO Destination Management Organization ERT EU

Environment-related tourism European Union

FAO FDI G2

GDP GEF GER

GHG GSTC IEA ILO IPA ISO

ITF-STD IUCN

LDCs OECD

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Foreign Direct Investment

FONAFIFO Costa Rica’s National Forestry Financing Fund

Green Scenario 2

Gross Domestic Product Global Environment Facility Green Economy Report

GFANC German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

Greenhouse gas

Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria International Energy Agency

International Labour Organization Investment Promotion Agency

International Organization for Standardization

International Task Force on Sustainable Tourism Development

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Least Developed Countries

Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development

SPAN ST-EP TEEB TIES

TPRG TSA

PES PPI RM ROI SIFT

SME SNV

Payment for Ecosystem Services Pro-poor income

Ringgit Malaysia, currency of Malaysia Return on investment

Sustainable Investment and Finance in Tourism

Small and medium-sized enterprise

Netherlands Development Organization

Strengthening the Protected Area Network

Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty Initiative

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

The International Ecotourism Society Tourism Planning Research Group Tourism Satellite Account

UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP FI United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNWTO World Tourism Organization VFR

Visiting Friends and Relatives

WEF World Economic Forum WTP Willingness to Pay WTTC World Travel and Tourism Council WWF World Wide Fund for Nature

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