As part of our efforts to educate consumers about responsible travel choices, TIES, along with several other global institutions and organizations such as the United Nations Environmental Programme, United Nations Foundation, Rainforest Alliance and the United Nations World Tourism Organization, has been working on developing a global process evaluating the effectiveness of certification mechanisms that clearly set apart sustainable from non-sustainable forms of tourism. (See: www.sustainabletourismcriteria.org for more information.).

CNN: The International Ecotourism Society statement

The better environmental regulation programme will help improve the way environmental regulations are applied in practice across Scotland.

BBC: Scotland politics

Future Earth will have a new global governance body and secretariat, building on the strengths of the existing core global environmental change programme, which are co-sponsored by ICSU and other members of the Alliance.

UNESCO: Future Earth: Global platform for sustainability research launched at Rio+20 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization