Summary : The CBST validation results identified the following factors that can lead to a successful CBST project in selected biodiversity sites : capacity building, technical assistance, financial assistance (equipment and infrastructure), information, education and communication, advocacy, coordination linkage and networking, ordinances and policies development and impementation. The CBST guidebook will carefully guide our partner community based organizations (CBOs) in our biodiversity sites in their community-based sustainable tourism projects, from planning to its implementation. It can even be developed as an approach and strategy to directly address dehumanization, biodiversity conservation, equity and poverty in the long term.