[Fwd: Caribbean Regional Manual on Environmentally Sound TouristFacility Design]

Potter at Island Resources wrote:
>
> [Re: the appended press release from the Coconut Court Hotel in
> Barbados (congratulations to them, by the way---they're also the
> prime sponsors of the Barbados Marine Trust)
>
> Have I been sleeping again when I should be reading e-mail?
>
> Does anyone have pointers to the "The Caribbean Regional Manual on
> Environmentally Sound
> Tourist Facility Design and Development, were recently published by the
> United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), Caribbean Office located in
> Kingston, Jamaica" referred to below?
>
> Has anyone compared this document to the great US Department of
> Interior/National Park Service design manual for hotels and resorts
> in natural areas?
>
> Has anyone reviewed the document? Access info?
>
> Any thoughts about how this "fits into" the various tourism
> certification processes for the Caribbean (Green Globe, Blue Flag,
> ISO 14001 for tourist facilities, the onging CAST/CAREC standards
> development process).
>
> bruce
>
> ______________________________
>
> > ----- PRESS RELEASE -----
> >
> > COCONUT COURT BECOMES FIRST HOTEL TO IMPLEMENT NEW UNEP
> >CARIBBEAN GUIDELINES FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURIST FACILITIES
> >
> > Monday, September 24th, 2001
> >
> >
> > The Coconut Court Beach Hotel will become the first hotel in
> >the region to implement new Caribbean guidelines for sustainable tourist
> >facilities through the design of its planned 40 acre expansion.
> > These guidelines, included in a new, first-of-its-kind
> >publication entitled The Caribbean Regional Manual on Environmentally Sound
> >Tourist Facility Design and Development, were recently published by the
> >United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), Caribbean Office located in
> >Kingston, Jamaica, in partnership with the Caribbean Hotel Association, CAST
> >Division. Funding was provided by USAID and the technical content completed
> >by Caribbean Infra-Tech, Inc. of St. Croix, USVI.
> >
> > On Tuesday and Wednesday, September 25th and 26th Coconut
> >Court will conduct two "Charrettes" - day-long interactive planning sessions
> >- to begin the implementation of the UNEP Guidelines. These "Charrettes"
> >will bring together an interdisciplinary team of ecologists, architects,
> >engineers, and "green" design and management specialists to complete a
> >Sustainable Master Plan for existing and planned hotel facilities.
> >
> > For more information call: Mr. James Blades, Managing
> >Director,
> > Coconut Court Beach Hotel at 246 427-1655
> >
> > Supplemental Information:
> >
> >
> > Key issues to be addressed in the "Charrettes" include,
> >among others:
> >
> >? Natural Resource (Terrestrial and Marine) Protection, Restoration,
> >and/or Enhancement;
> >? Historic/Cultural Resource Protection, Restoration, and/or
> >Enhancement;
> >? Positive Economic, Social Linkages to the Local Community;
> >? Site Infrastructure Linkages to Community Infrastructure;
> >? Assessment of and Preparation for Natural Hazards.
> >
>
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Received on Tue Sep 25 16:59:42 2001