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#1265212020-12-30
'A critical time': how Covid-19 piled the pressure on conservation efforts
From the Nepalese Himalayas where tigers patrol the snowy peaks to the lush forest homes of mountain gorillas in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, national parks emptied as Covid-19 spread around the world in 2020. Billions of pounds of ecotourism revenue – crucial to the livelihoods of ...
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#1248172020-03-20
'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to tourist-free city
Look down into the waters of the Venice canals today and there is a surprising sight – not just a clear view of the sandy bed, but shoals of tiny fish, scuttling crabs and multicoloured plant-life.
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#9951st PATA Sustainable Tourism Conference
23 - 26 October 2002, Banten, Indonesia
Press Release
#684702010-03-12
2010 Winners Announced for the Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award
Montreal, 12 March 2010 – To recognize excellence in the sustainable use of biodiversity in tourism operated in areas managed by indigenous and local communities, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in collaboration with the leading sustainable travel web portal Planeta.com ...
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#1238392020-01-21
52 places to go in 2020: Here’s where the New York Times says you should visit
From Greenland To Lesotho, And Mongolia To Malaysia, Here’s The New York Times’s Pick Of Places To Inspire, Delight And Motivate You.
Meeting
#33519th World Wilderness Congress (WILD9)
6 - 13 November 2009, Merida, Mexico
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#1200582019-02-21
A Holiday With Teeth: How You Can Help Sharks While On Vacation
When you go to the Grand Isle Resort and Spa in the Bahamas, you don’t normally see “shark tagging” as an excursion option of at a four-star luxury resort.
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#1239542020-01-27
A Wild Ride: Wildlife In Sri Lanka
If you’re on a wildlife escapade in Sri Lanka, hold your breath because the country’s natural bounty is about to knock the wind out of you. A growing ecotourism hotspot, Sri Lanka boasts of an incredible number of endemic species and biodiversity.
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#1262322020-12-14
A good way to be kinder to elephants is to stop riding them
Elephants are chained to small dirt circles, covered in faeces and are only allowed a brief moment of reprieve from their tethers to unwillingly carry around tourists on their backs. While this may sound like some sort of elephant prison, it is actually what a normal day at the Mason Elephant Pa ...
Meeting
#772AOSIS Workshop on Trade, Sustainable Development and Small Island States
12 - 15 December 2001, Montego Bay, Jamaica