<p><a href="/topics/natural-cultural-heritage/biodiversity/germany/"><span><img style="width: 765px; height: 160px; margin: 0px 0px; vertical-align: undefined;" src="/images/alpen-blumen-ausschnitt-schmetterling.jpg" height="160" width="765" /></span></a></p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div> <div><span><img style="width: 80px; height: 80px; margin: 0px 0px; vertical-align: undefined;" src="/images/destinet-green-08.png" height="80" width="80" /></span></div> </div> </td> <td> <p>In Germany more than 50 regional, national and international certificates, labels and awards are available to environmentally friendly, sustainable tourism businesses and destinations <a href="/who-who/market-place/green-travel-maps-1/germany/zertifikate-wettbewerbe-gruene-belege">&gt; Green Proofs</a></p> <p>These systems can and should significantly strengthen their requirements for biodiversity, as proposed in the&nbsp;publication <a href="/who-who/civil-society-ngos/ecotrans/publications/empfehlungen-fuer-labels-und-awards/download/en/4/CSRBIOIV-%20Tourismus%20-Empfehlungen%20-%20Deutsche%20Fassung-27Nov2014.pdf">biodiversity criteria for tourism: recommendations for standards, labels and awards</a> (Download: PDF, 1MB)</p> <p>The following certificates and awards have already integrated or are planning to integrate these recommendations &nbsp;into the upcoming revision of their requirements. They recommend their businesses and destinations to use the <a href="/topics/natural-cultural-heritage/biodiversity/germany/self-checks">self-checks. </a>Thus together with their businesses and destinations make an important contribution to biodiversity conservation.</p> <p><a href="/topics/natural-cultural-heritage/biodiversity/germany/gute-praxis">Best practice examples</a> illustrate particular biodiversity strengths: they did the biodiversity self-check and described their exemplary measures. Ideally, they are recognized for their commitment to sustainability with a certificate or as finalist or winner of a competition.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <h2><strong>Tourism &amp; Biodiversity: Recommended Certificates and Awards</strong></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #ff0000;"><a href="/who-who/market-solutions/certificates/fol442810/ecocamping-europe" title="Ecocamping Profil"><img style="width: 100px; height: 72px; margin: 0px 0px; vertical-align: undefined;" src="/images/ECOCAMPING_logo.gif" height="72" width="100" /></a></span></td> <td> <p><strong><span lang="EN-US">ECOCAMPING ist a leading management system for camp sites in Europe with special focus on environment, nature protection, security and quality.&nbsp; </span></strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="/who-who/market-solutions/certificates/fol442810/ecocamping-europe">Ecocamping profile</a></li> <li> <p><a href="/topics/natural-cultural-heritage/biodiversity/germany/gute-praxis/camping">Best Practice examples for supporting biodiversity</a></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><a href="/portal_map?lat_center=51.151087606195425&amp;lon_center=10.236194672318675&amp;map_zoom=6&amp;map_engine=google&amp;base_layer=physical&amp;geo_types%3Alist=symbol984&amp;geo_types%3Alist=symbol092&amp;geo_types%3Alist=symbol130&amp;geo_types%3Alist=symbol338&amp;geo_types%3Alist=symbol009&amp;geo_types%3Alist=symbol930&amp;geo_types%3Alist=symbol834&amp;geo_types%3Alist=symbol683&amp;geo_types%3Alist=symbol864&amp;country=Germany&amp;path=&amp;geo_query=ecocamping">Ecocamping businesses on the Green Travel Map Germany</a><br /></span></p> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> </td> <td> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">more will follow</span></em></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 2015-10-29T15:13:27Z tag:root.destinet.eu,2015-10-29:/demo-design/topics/natural-cultural-heritage/biodiversity/germany/labels-awards http://root.destinet.eu/demo-design/misc_/EnviroWindows/Site.gif ECOTRANS Tourism2030