The Australian EcoCertification program (NEAP): blazing a trail for ecotourism certification, but keeping on track?
The Australian EcoCertification program (NEAP): blazing a trail for ecotourism certification, but keeping on track?
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澳大利亚生态认证计划（NEAP）：为生态旅游认证开辟道路，但要保持正轨吗？
DOI：
10.1079/9781845932374.0435
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发表时间：
2007
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4.1
通讯作者：
R. Thwaites
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作者：
R. Thwaites
澳大利亚生态认证计划（最初称为国家生态旅游认证计划 - 或 NEAP）于 1996 年开辟了世界上第一个针对生态旅游的认证计划，并被誉为生态旅游认证计划的成功典范。该计划被认为提高了澳大利亚生态旅游行业的标准和专业水平，为展示可持续环境和社会文化实践的运营商提供鼓励和切实奖励，并用作其他生态认证计划（包括 Green Globe 21 的国际生态旅游标准）开发的蓝图。生态认证计划主要是作为识别真正的、优质的生态旅游产品的工具而开发的。该标准是根据大多数生态旅游定义的主要组成部分制定的——以自然为中心的产品，具有环境可持续性，包括解释，为当地社区和环境提供回报，并且具有文化敏感性。本章深入了解该计划的发展，并确定由于经验、持续改进的内在需求、内部政治以及外部压力和力量而引入的关键变化。跟踪建立和运营生态旅游认证计划的现实以及该计划到第三版的演变，以便从成功和胜利以及挫折中吸取教训。
The Australian EcoCertification Program (originally known as the National Ecotourism Accreditation Program – or NEAP) blazed a trail in developing the world’s first ecotourism-specific certification program in 1996, and has been heralded as an example of a successful ecotourism certification program. The program has been credited with improving standards and professionalism in the Australian ecotourism industry, providing encouragement and tangible rewards to operators who demonstrated sustainable environmental and sociocultural practices and used as a blueprint for the development of other eco certification programs, including Green Globe 21’s International Ecotourism Standard. The EcoCertification Program was developed primarily as a tool to identify genuine, and quality ecotourism product. The criteria were developed from the principle components of most ecotourism definitions – nature-focused product that was environmentally sustainable, included interpretation, provided returns to both local communities and environments and was culturally sensitive. This chapter provides an insight into the development of the program and identifies key changes introduced as a result of experience, the in-built demand for continuous improvement, internal politics and external pressure and forces. The realities of establishing and operating an ecotourism certification program and the evolution of the program through to the third version are followed in order to learn from the successes and triumphs as well as the setbacks.