Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities
The main goal of this paper is to quantify the green house gas emissions (also referred to as carbon footprint) of the Galapagos Islands. The analysis includes emissions from energy generation and of related economic activities of the tourism industry, including international travel to the islands....
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| author | Cordova-Vallejo, Ximena M. Blanco, Edgar E. Yang, Xu Ponce-Cueto, Eva |
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| description | The main goal of this paper is to quantify the green house gas emissions (also referred to as carbon footprint) of the Galapagos Islands. The analysis includes emissions from energy generation and of related economic activities of the tourism industry, including international travel to the islands. We have also included the green house gas emission generated by the transportation of fuel, food, supplies and water from Ecuador mainland to Galapagos Islands across multiple modes. We estimated a total carbon footprint of 532,373 tones of CO2-eq, of which 68.82% corresponds to international air travel, 17.86% corresponds to fuel consumption for energy generation and 6.01% due to transportation of food from mainland to the islands. These emissions were allocated between residents and tourists to outline strategies for a sustainable tourism management in the islands. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1029302019-04-09T17:12:54Z Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities Cordova-Vallejo, Ximena M. Blanco, Edgar E. Yang, Xu Ponce-Cueto, Eva The main goal of this paper is to quantify the green house gas emissions (also referred to as carbon footprint) of the Galapagos Islands. The analysis includes emissions from energy generation and of related economic activities of the tourism industry, including international travel to the islands. We have also included the green house gas emission generated by the transportation of fuel, food, supplies and water from Ecuador mainland to Galapagos Islands across multiple modes. We estimated a total carbon footprint of 532,373 tones of CO2-eq, of which 68.82% corresponds to international air travel, 17.86% corresponds to fuel consumption for energy generation and 6.01% due to transportation of food from mainland to the islands. These emissions were allocated between residents and tourists to outline strategies for a sustainable tourism management in the islands. 2016-06-03T15:57:57Z 2016-06-03T15:57:57Z 2012-06 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102930 en_US ESD Working Papers;ESD-WP-2012-15 application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division |
| spellingShingle | Cordova-Vallejo, Ximena M. Blanco, Edgar E. Yang, Xu Ponce-Cueto, Eva Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities |
| title | Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities |
| title_full | Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities |
| title_fullStr | Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities |
| title_short | Carbon Footprint of the Galapagos Islands – Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Tourist Activities |
| title_sort | carbon footprint of the galapagos islands quantifying the environmental impact of tourist activities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102930 |
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