ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the results of community workshops, in-depth interviews and project observations of the island's first internationally funded community-based climate change adaptation-disaster risk reduction project. The results underscore the important adaptive roles that eco-tourism organizations can play in promoting resilience through collaboration and capacity development. The chapter presents a qualitative analysis of the efforts of an eco-tourism organization to build resilience to weather hazards in the small island developing state of Trinidad and Tobago. It begins with a brief review of resilience theory and how it can be applied to analyze climate change and disaster planning efforts. The case of Sans Souci Climate Adaptation Pilot project details the risk perspectives of eco-tourism organizations and evaluates the process of developing a local-scale climate change adaptation and disaster risk-reduction project. The chapter deals with implications for resilience theory, policy recommendations and potential avenues for future research.
