Sustainable Tourism Law

FROM TOURISM TO SUSTAINABLE TOURISM 79 cooperation on desertification, dust storms, land degradation and drought and to promote resilience and disaster risk reduction ”. In Goal 8 (Promote strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and decent work for all), at point 8.9, we read: “ By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products ”. In Goal 12 (Promote sustainable consumption and production patterns), at Point 12b, we read: “ Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products “. In Goal 14 (Attain conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas), at point 14.7, we read: “ By 2030, increase the economic benefits to small island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism ”. Sustainability: expansion and interdisciplinary approach Sustainability, which includes a large number of disciplines, focuses its attention on social, economic and environmental issues. In recent times, Sustainability has been connected with the concept of “Green Economy”. UNEP – United Nations Environmental Programme – is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment 89 . As it had been observed, now “Sustainability” is “ a multidimensional and multilevel approach to creating future-oriented ways of living that balance human activity and wildlife processes over long-term time frames ” 90 . It has also been written that “ sustainability as being about designing and organizing human activity in such a way that the complexity and interconnectedness of all systems are taken into account and the survival of any one system is dependent on the health of the others ” 91 . Others 89 http://www.unep.org/. 90 Constance CARR, “Sustainability.” Encyclopedia of Energy . Salem Press Encyclopedia, January, 2016. And continue: “The notion of sustainability is used ubiquitously across all sectors of society, so much so that it is sometimes difficult to distill a meaningful definition. 91 David V. J. BELL, ed. Defining Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Sustainable Communities: Working Paper for the Sustainable Toronto Project . Toronto: York Centre for Applied Sustainability, 2001.