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Ecotourism Management Activities
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Green
Leaf Foundation
The
Green Leaf Foundation was officially registered on the 17th
of March 1998. The members of the Board of Environmental Promotion
of Tourism Activities or BEPTA were initiated the green leaf
foundation to ensure both the quality of the environment and
the tourism industry at the same time. The visionary organizations
are :
1.
Tourism Authority
of Thailand
2.
United
Nations Environment Program
3.
Demand
Side Management Office of Electricity Generating Authority of
Thailand
4.
Association for the Development of Environmental quality
5.
Metropolitan Water works Authority
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"Green Leaf Certificate Award Ceremony" |
The
Green Leaf Foundation was established by the 6 organizations
with the same determination and responsibility, with support
fund sponsorship from various local and international organizations.
They have managed to organize several seminars in training,
environmental educational training, environmental educational
materials, environmental practical standards, and distribution
of the knowledge in hopes of promoting awareness of the correct
detection and measurement of environmental development and natural
resources conservation.
Their main objective is for the growth of the tourism industry
with the quality of environmental management. Their success
is because of the sponsorship fund from British Embassy, Asia
Foundation, United State-Asia Environmental Partnership, National
Energy Policy Office, Department of Environmental, Quality Promotion,
Faculty of Environment and Resources Studies, Mahidol University,
TridhodThree-Generation School Village, Dusit Group, Hilton
Inter national Bangkok at Nai Lert Park, May Fair Inn Company
Limited, Thai International Company Limited, and other leading
hotels in Thailand. |
"Greenleaf Foundation Logo"
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Green
Leaf Program for hotels under the Green Leaf Foundation is
the first step in the development of environmental quality
for the tourism industry. More and more program will be organized
by the Foundation in the future, once the Foundation has enough
capacity to move on. The following programs are being planned.
The Green Leaf Programs are
organized by the BEPTA which has now completed an environmental
practical checklist for hotels to do assessment and be audited
by the BEPTA, appointed Audit Team.
The assessment will be graded
with the standard score to measure each operation's efficiency
in environmental management. The results of the assessment,
once compared with the standard score of the hotels, |
will be awarded with Green Leaf
Certificate ranking from 1 to 5 leaves, 5 denoting the most
practiced hotel in environ mental management.
Objectives of the
Green Leaf Foundation
1.
Promote knowledge and support studies and research in the
creation of a good understanding of environmental conservation.
2. Assist
owners and operators in the tourism industry to develop environmental
quality standard in their work place.
3. Develop
standards of environmental practices for tourism and tourism-related
business in responding to consumer's requirement.
4. Promote
roles and responsibilities in co-operating with the use of
environmental efficient technology to develop environment
quality for tourism activities. |
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