In the same vein, Daniel Turner, co-founder and director of ANIMONDIAL, said that companies dedicated to travel and tourism are working to understand the need to include the protection of biodiversity and nature in their future action and development plans.
ANIMONDIAL opted for WTTC for the opportunity to help the tourism sector with its steps to achieve tourism for the benefit of nature.
Elizabeth Maruma Mirema, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological DiversityHe also said that travel and tourism is in a unique position to contribute to reversing this problem by implementing some programs such as education and awareness.
“We must come to create sustainable models for the protection, maintenance and restoration of ecosystems; also the reduction of activities that promote the growth of the carbon footprint”, he emphasized.
The truth is that from the private and public sectors there are different roles to follow in order to successfully achieve a significant change to protect the different natural ecosystems.