| Nominations open in October for
the Indigenous
Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award, a collaborative
effort between Planeta.com
and the Secretariat of the Convention
on Biological Diversity to showcase best practices in web-based
technologies helping indigenous people manage tourism in a biodiversity-friendly
way.
The award is presented to an indigenous tourism operation which
has a website that promotes sustainable practices and educates
visitors on cultural protocols and biodiversity conservation
For the award's second year, we are making a few changes. First,
we ask that operations self-nominate. Behind the scenes we're
adding more judges and we are using more Web 2.0 to develop
the award, starting with the award's very own hashtag: #itbw10
(more info about tags and tagging).
The big news to motivate nominees is that Reisepavillon
will feature the winners and host a web marketing workshop.
CRITERIA
The Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award creates
an opportunity for indigenous people and communities to improve
their websites. Among the criteria for selection, the website
should ...
* be regularly updated
* link to other relevant sites
* reflect indigenous ownership, authenticity and heritage
* encourage sustainable livelihoods, respect of life on earth
* be user-friendly
* be trustworthy
* provide clear contextual information
* have text in English
* add the award logo
Bonus points to applicants making the most of Web
2.0 channels, including Blogs, Facebook, Flickr, Google
Earth, Twitter and YouTube. If you have these services or an
RSS feed, let us know!
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