The different programmes are specifically created for the local communities in which they are located, in thematic fields such as "forest", "culture and environment", "local community and environment", "tourism and environment", "biodiversity", "soil" etc.
The council's corporate director for enterprise, tourism and the environment, Andy Lewis, said Havens had been advised by planning officers to consider other potential sites.
Ministers also agreed to work together in the areas of transport, agriculture, education, health, the environment and tourism.
Through membership services, industry outreach, training and conference programs, TIES helps organizations, communities and individuals promote responsible and sustainable practices in travel and tourism that benefit the environment, communities, destinations and visitors.
Instead, the talks will focus primarily on longer-term issues, such as tourism, energy and the environment, intellectual property rights and reducing the U.S.' trade deficit with China.
The members raised concerns about the detrimental impacts of turbines and pylons on the mid Wales landscape, the environment, the tourism industry and the transport and transmission networks.
He was also a minister of state at the Department of Trade and Industry during the 1990s and his various junior ministerial jobs covered tourism, Scotland, the environment, and consumer affairs.
Besides the country's environment, fishing and tourism ministers, this committee includes members of the navy and of fishing, conservation and tourism bodies.
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But it said potential risks included public health hazards and environmental damage, disruption during construction, long term use of land, and an impact on the community from changes to the environment, property values and tourism.
Tourism is creating other problems for the local environment, too, including increased population density, over-dependence on wood as a fuel and construction source and the overgrazing and cutting of mountain slopes to feed livestock.
"We need to understand all of the implications and respond quickly to ensure that the Irish tourism industry comes through this unstable and difficult environment with the minimum of damage, " he added.
The production and littering of plastic bags are therefore not only a hazard for the environment but have also significant repercussions on tourism and agriculture, both important pillars of Jordan's economy.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a catastrophe -- for the environment, for the fishing industry, for tourism.
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The criteria will set the a minimum standard for sustainability for the tourism business, covering the social and economic benefits of tourism as well as its impact on a destination's environment and cultural heritage.
There has long been opposition to the prospect of a gold mine and processing plant being built at Skouries in the Halkidiki peninsula, with some residents objecting to what they say will be the destruction of the environment and of pristine forest in the area, leading to the loss of tourism and other local activities such as farming, the rearing of livestock and fishing.
The president may replace Tourism Secretary Gemma Cruz Araneta, who has apparently failed to rev up her industry, and Environment and Natural Resources' Antonio Cerilles, who has been criticized for favoring selective logging.
Besides Brazil's tough conservation laws, there are now countless projects, often backed by multilateral agencies, to develop sustainable forestry, eco-tourism and other means of providing a living for the region's inhabitants without harming their environment.
According to Mutaqin, if the resort can benefit the local community by offering employment and bringing in tourism money, there is hope that people will learn to appreciate the precious nature of the environment in which they live before it is severely damaged.
In 2007 owners of the famous King Ranch lobbied the Texas Legislature seeking permitting restrictions based on whether turbines interfere with the environment and the property rights of nearby landowners, cutting into revenues from hunting and other recreational tourism activities.
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