The HSPN participates in the NaTour4CChange project, within the framework of Mission 4 - "Enhancing Sustainable Tourism" of the European Programme Interreg Euro-MED. The aim of the project is to strengthen the governance of sustainable tourism in areas of high environmental value, by reconnecting tourism and nature to address climate change through an ecosystem-based approach. NaTour4CChange builds on successful Mediterranean and global level projects and the application of nature-based solutions to improve the resilience and adaptation of Mediterranean coastal destinations to climate change.
In particular, the objectives of the project are:
- Improving the sustainability and resilience of Mediterranean coastal destinations
- Enhancing the capacity of regions in the governance of tourism at local level
- The use and evaluation of targeted ecosystem-based approaches
- Exploiting the dual role of nature as:
1. tourism attraction
2. a means of enhancing the resilience of destinations.
The project is coordinated by the Institute for Tourism (IFT) in Croatia and involves a total of 10 partners from 6 Mediterranean countries, namely the Region of Crete (Greece), the Autonomous Region of Andalusia (Spain), the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy), Natura-Jadera Region (Croatia), Neretva-Canton Region (Bosnia and Herzegovina), IUCN-Med (Spain), CPMR (France), Plan Bleu (France) and the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (Greece), as well as 18 associate partners. The project also includes 6 pilot sites in 6 different countries (Greece, France, Italy, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina). The total budget of the project is € 3.000.000 (80% financed by European funds from the Interreg programme) and the expected duration of the project is 33 months.
The expected results of the project include:
- 5 Regional Strategies for the Coastal Tourism sector to address and adapt to climate change
- 6 Destination Climate Action Plans for the Coastal Tourism sector
- Capitalisation Report describing the overall approach to planning for enhancing the resilience of the tourism sector to climate change
- 6 Reports on the testing of nature-based solutions in the pilot destinations.
More information on the official project website: https://natour4cchange.interreg-euro-med.eu/
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