July 2012

Mobilizing local partners for Eco-tourism in Tunisia

As part of a project led by IUCN-Med and funded by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID), a 2nd field visit took place in Tunisia during the last week of March for the establishment of an eco-tourism plan in two pilot protected areas in North Africa (Morocco and Tunisia).


The objective of this mission was the collection of information to finalize the diagnostic of Jebel Zaghouan National Park (50 km away from the capital), one of the protected areas selected in this project, and the creation of an on-site working group of local stakeholders to participate in the definition of the eco-tourism strategy for the park. It had been as well the occasion to hold the 2nd meeting of the national Steering Committee of the project, composed by representatives of the Ministries of Environment, Agriculture, Tourism and a national NGO.


This availability of information raising from all the experts, together with the field visit to the Park, have allowed for a better understanding of the gaps and needs for the development of Eco-tourism in protected areas and the compilation of complementary data. IUCN-Med has opened a wiki to help share contents and encourage further contributions.


This project is willing to represent a first step in a long term process to encourage the development of an ecotourism network associated to natural areas in the whole Mediterranean region.



More info: carla.danelutti@iucn.org

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