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TUI presents International Environmental Award on the Adriatic island of Lošinj to INSULA International Scientific Council for Island Development

TUI presents International Environmental Award on the Adriatic island of Lošinj to INSULA International Scientific Council for Island Development

 

TUI International Environmental Award 2006: INSULA

TUI International Environmental Award 2006: INSULA

Croatian TV team interviewing INSULA General Secretary Pier Giovanni d'Ayala

Croatian TV team interviewing INSULA General Secretary Pier Giovanni d'Ayala

TUI presents its International Environmental Award to the International Scientific Council for Island Development (INSULA) for its exceptional and pioneering work in the area of sustainable island development. The award is accompanied by prize money of 10,000 euros. TUI awards the prize in recognition of the long-standing successful commitment of INSULA for fundamental contributions to the sustainable development of islands, especially as holiday destinations.

Dr. Michael Iwand, Director Group Corporate Environmental Management at TUI AG, recognised the long-standing cooperation with INSULA in his laudation on the Croatian Adriatic island of Mali Lošinj: “Islands and island states hold paramount significance for TUI. Since 1995 TUI and INSULA have jointly and internationally advanced the economic, ecological, social and cultural core issues of sustainable tourism development on islands.”

In close collaboration with UNESCO, INSULA strengthens the capacity to improve the quality of life of island inhabitants and increases their opportunities for a sustained future. Through an international network comprising a wide range of different scientific experts the active ability to act and technical cooperation are pro-moted to the benefit of islands. “We are very proud of that significant recognition by TUI, the world’s leading tourism group with a strong dedication to the environment and sustainability, and we truly cherish it,” stated Dr. Anamarija Margan, President of INSULA, during her speech of thanks also on the island of Lošinj.

The TUI International Environmental Award, which was presented for the first time in 1991, is awarded to environmental protection and nature conservation organisations or outstanding interregional initiatives which decisively and in exemplary fashion contribute to the protection and conservation of nature and the environment and to sustainable development in the holiday destinations of the World of TUI.

Past prize winners have included local environmental initiatives in Turkey, Greece, Kenya and Minorca, along with the “Blue Flag” campaign conducted by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), the CIPRA Alpine Commission, EUROPARC, the Federation of European National and Nature Parks, the Instituto de Turismo Responsable (ITR) and the Loro Parque Fundación on Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Information:

The INSULA International Scientific Council for Island Development founded in 1989 and based in the UNESCO building in Paris is an international non-profit non-governmental organisation. With a network of diverse research institutes and ex-perts INSULA pursues the goal of contributing to the economic, social and cultural progress of islands throughout the world and of promoting the protection of their environment and their sustained development. INSULA cooperates with the EU Commission, UNESCO and other prominent international organisations.
www.insula.org

Furtjer information:

"The Lošinj Special Zoological Reserve for Dolphins" [PDF]
Peter Mackelworth, Conservation Director
Blue World Institute for Marine Research & Conservation
www.blue-world.org 
 

"Contributing Factors to Sustainable Tourism Development on the Island of Lošinj"
Anamarija Margan, M.D., M.Sc. President
INSULA (Paris)