> By eTN | Aug 27, 2008 WASHINGTON, DC - When ecotourism first emerged in the 1970s, it was hailed as a tool for protecting pristine nature while transforming the economies of nations in the developing world. But does ecotourism actually reduce a traveler's impact on the environment and support host countries and their people? In Ecotourism and Sustainable...
Pew Applauds Maldives Indian Ocean Shark Sanctuary; Move Boosts Efforts to Give Eight Sharks International ...
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
WASHINGTON, March 9 – WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a move lauded by the Pew Environment Group, the Maldives today declared its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 90,000 square kilometers of the...
Pew Applauds Maldives Indian Ocean Shark Sanctuary; Move Boosts Efforts to Give Eight Sharks International Trade Protections at CITES
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a move lauded by the Pew Environment Group, the Maldives today declared its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 90,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean, as a shark...
KQ declared airline of the year
Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Written By:KNA , Posted: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 Caption: Kenya Airways was recognised for the efficiency and effectiveness of its management systems at the awards that had attracted a number of leading...
Big country...small impact. An eco-tour in Queensland's wildlife-rich rainforest
The Independent
The Independent
In Australia they have an expression, "pissed as a parrot", and if you visit Cedar Creek winery on Tamborine Mountain in Queensland, you will find out why. Thousands of parrots live there, and many, mostly rainbow...
Environmental group: Protect rare forest giants marked for logging near Port Renfrew
Newsvine
Newsvine
Some of the giants stretch straight to the sky for 80 metres, while others are bulbous and misshapen, the knots and gnarls betraying their...
Flyover mooted to redress wild woes in Bandipur
Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
Mysore, Feb 20, DHNS: Even as the debate over night traffic ban on Bandipur road to check death of wild animals is on, an environmental activist has mooted an idea to construct flyovers near elephant corridors like in...
Thursday TV: Gavin & Stacey
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Global Village: Green Paradise SBS One, 6pm This new series has the worthy goal of showing success stories in ecotourism. But worthy is not the same as watchable. There's an early sign of trouble for this...
Tram Chim National Park, attractive rendezvous for nature lovers
The Saigon Times
The Saigon Times
Birds gather at Tram Chim Park in Dong Thap Province - Photo: Nguyen HungTram Chim National Park, a miniature landscape of the inundated grassland of Dong Thap Muoi including the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An, Tien...
Grizzlies hold ticket prices, offer deals
Business Journal
Business Journal
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Kim Sengupta: From sheep-shearers to would-be sheikhs
The Independent
The Independent
The Falkland Islands, when they did become briefly famous, did so as desolate pieces of land with little to show apart from their vast population of sheep and penguins, over which Britain and Argentina were fighting a...

