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VotingWinners beginshave inbeen Januaryannounced for the 2010 Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award!
The competition highlights the contribution of indigenous operators to biological and cultural diversity, and comprised applicants from ten countries around the world (Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mexico, Micronesia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sweden). More than 400 people cast their vote, carefully examining all 14 websites that fit the ambitious criteria set on Planeta.com's wiki site http://planeta.wikispaces.com/itbw. Additionally, a jury composed of six internationally recognized experts in indigenous and sustainable tourism picked their choice using the same criteria.
The winner of the judged 2010 ITBW Award is Nutti Sami Siida, which features reindeer sled trips. Owners Nils Torbjörn Nutti and Carina Pingi are Sami from Saarivuoma and Gabna Sameby, Sweden. The winner of the popular count 2010 ITBW Award is TIME Unlimited Tours from New Zealand, operated by the Maori-European couple Ceillhe Tewhare Teneti Hema Sperath and Néill Sperath, and providing personalised and interactive Auckland and Maori Indigenous Cultural Tours.
The Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award is a collaborative effort between Planeta.com <http://www.planeta.com> and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological DiversityDiversity/UNEP (CBD) <http://www.cbd.int> with the generous support of the Heidehof Foundation.
The award is aimed at private tourism services, owned and operated by indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles, and its main objectives are to motivate candidates to improve their online communication on biological and cultural diversity, to showcasehighlight their best practices in web-basedmanaging technologiestourism helpingand indigenousto peopleraise manageoperators tourismand inpublic’s awareness on biodiversity.The Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award is a biodiversity-friendlycollaborative effort between Planeta.com and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity/UNEP (CBD) with the generous support way.of the Heidehof Foundation.
The award is presentedaimed toat indigenousprivate tourism operationsservices, forowned theirand websitesoperated thatby indigenous promotesand sustainablelocal practicescommunities embodying traditional lifestyles, and its main objectives are to motivate educatescandidates visitorsto improve their online communication on biological and cultural protocolsdiversity, to highlight their best practices in managing tourism and biodiversityto raise conservation.operators and public’s awareness on biodiversity.
The competition highlights the contribution of indigenous operators to biological and cultural diversity, and comprised applicants from ten countries around the world (Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mexico, Micronesia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sweden). More than 400 people cast their vote, carefully examining all 14 websites that fit the ambitious criteria set on Planeta.com's wiki site http://planeta.wikispaces.com/itbw. Additionally, a jury composed of six internationally recognized experts in indigenous and sustainable tourism picked their choice using the same criteria.
The winner of the judged 2010 ITBW Award is Nutti Sami Siida, which features reindeer sled trips. Owners Nils Torbjörn Nutti and Carina Pingi are Sami from Saarivuoma and Gabna Sameby, Sweden. The winner of the popular count 2010 ITBW Award is TIME Unlimited Tours from New Zealand, operated by the Maori-European couple Ceillhe Tewhare Teneti Hema Sperath and Néill Sperath, and providing personalised and interactive Auckland and Maori Indigenous Cultural Tours.
The Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award is a collaborative effort between Planeta.com <http://www.planeta.com> and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological DiversityDiversity/UNEP (CBD) <http://www.cbd.int> with the generous support of the Heidehof Foundation.
The award is aimed at private tourism services, owned and operated by indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles, and its main objectives are to motivate candidates to improve their online communication on biological and cultural diversity, to showcasehighlight their best practices in web-basedmanaging technologiestourism helpingand indigenousto peopleraise manageoperators tourismand inpublic’s awareness on biodiversity.The Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award is a biodiversity-friendlycollaborative effort between Planeta.com and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity/UNEP (CBD) with the generous support way.of the Heidehof Foundation.
The award is presentedaimed toat indigenousprivate tourism operationsservices, forowned theirand websitesoperated thatby indigenous promotesand sustainablelocal practicescommunities embodying traditional lifestyles, and its main objectives are to motivate educatescandidates visitorsto improve their online communication on biological and cultural protocolsdiversity, to highlight their best practices in managing tourism and biodiversityto raise conservation.operators and public’s awareness on biodiversity.
