The text of this book is printed on paper made from wood fibre from well-managed forests certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The France-IUCN partnership aims to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals and to the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. It supports projects in countries of particular interest for France, in European overseas territories, and at the global scale. It provides technical expertise, both in mobilizing French organizations and experts, and by seconding senior staff to IUCN. The Partnership includes the ministries of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Agriculture and Food, and Overseas territories, as well as the French Development Agency (AFD). Created in 2005, the partnership builds on results achieved over time. From 2017 to 2020, it will reach nearly 9 Million Euros. www.iucn.org/fr/partenariat-france-uicn Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM) is one of the three departments within the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University. Its mission is to advance scholarship concerning management and use of natural and cultural resources for recreation, tourism, and sport through innovative social science research, teaching, and public engagement. The department aspires to be a community of scholars dedicated to preparing students to be lifelong learners and leaders in a global society committed to developing parks, recreation, tourism, and sport resources that improve the quality of life and are environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable. cnr.ncsu.edu/prtm The IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist (TAPAS) Group is a voluntary network of over 500 people. The mission of the TAPAS Group is to provide a platform for protected area practitioners and others, where expertise and knowledge is shared, sustainability awareness is enhanced, collaboration and dialogue is facilitated, leadership is developed, and innovative solutions are fostered, in order to support the oversight of sustainable tourism in protected area systems. www.iucn.org/theme/protected-areas/wcpa/what-we-do/ tourism-tapas The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which entered into force in December 1993, is an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of the components of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. With 193 Parties, the Convention has near universal participation among countries. The Convention seeks to address all threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services through scientific assessments, the development of tools, incentives and processes, the transfer of technologies and good practices, and the full and active involvement of relevant stakeholders, including indigenous and local communities, youth, NGOs, women and the business community. The tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD, held in 2010, adopted a revised and updated Strategic ...