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Ecotourism in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

picryl Let´s start with the fact that the Virgin Islands National Park covers nearly 60 percent of the island, based on land donated by millionaire philanthropist Laurence Rockefeller in 1956, and it harbors more than 20 trails which take hikers through diverse terrains, including various beaches, rock petroglyphs carved by the ancient Taíno people (in some cases more than a thousand years ago), and the ruins of centuries-old plantations (more about them below). Particularly notable routes…

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Ecotourism is the main draw in Guyana

snl.com With a population of just 818,000 (and just over the size of Kansas, or England and Scotland comined), this is a country relatively few people have heard of, but will soon be be much better known - in part because huge recent oil-field finds are poised to make it a "petro power" and because more and more travelers are coming to appreciate its ecotourism riches. Bordering Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela on the north coast of South America and with a coastline of 285 miles, Guyana is…

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7 Utah eco-gems featured in the new Kevin Costner Movie ´Horizon, an American Saga´

©Perry Kibler There´s an undeniable allure for travellers to embark on a cinematic pilgrimage to the locations that have captured our imaginations on screen. One such destination which promises to enchant, with sweeping vistas and rugged landscapes, is Utah, the setting for Kevin Costner's epic four-film series Horizon: An American Saga, the first of which was just released at the end of June. With a budget of $100 million, the films series a dozen years of the settlement of the U.S. West…

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10 places which show how Zambia Is eco-amazing

Diego Delso When it comes to safaris and ecotourism, Zambia often takes a back seat to the likes of Botswana, Kenya, and Tanzania. But this large country in south-central Africa is positively packed with eco treasures, and its marquis attraction is one of the planet´s most spectacular waterfalls, Victoria Falls, which it shares with Zimbabwe. In addition, there are some 20 teeming nature reserves which offer as rewarding an eco-experience as any of Zambia´s neighbors – arguably even more so,…

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Ariane Janer October 26, 2010 at 4:44am

Sam, Jackie,
I´m going to order the book. I know Hitesh (he´s a fellow board member at TIES) and I am sure he has done a great job. One of the 36 lodges included in the book is the Cristalino Jungle Lodge, one of the tow best lodges in the Brazilian Amazon, in my opinion.
Sam Scribe October 23, 2010 at 11:05pm

I'll want to see that book, too. The site doesn't give me much of a peek, but what it does reveal looks great. Kat, you're right about biofuels. It's gratifying to see that world leaders finally admit that petroleum is a finite resource, but algae notwithstanding, the search for biofuels to replace it so we can go on doing what we're doing leads to a dead end.
Jackie Dishner October 23, 2010 at 10:49pm

Ariane, that book sounds fasctinating. Great idea. I'll take a look.
Ariane Janer October 23, 2010 at 10:47pm

Authentic Ecolodges, sustainable architect Hitesh Mehta's selection of the 36 best ecolodges in the world will be out on November 2.

You can pre-order through Amazon.

site www.authenticecolodges.com
Kat Morgenstern October 23, 2010 at 8:31pm

No we should not!!! Biofuels are a wonderful idea - in THEORY. In practice it means more land getting devoured for fuel needs, soaring food prices because suddenly fuel growing space competes with food growing space (fuel is more profitable, so guess who wins). In the worst case scenario rain forest is cut down in and replaced with oil palm plantations for biofuel. Orangutans are becoming threatened with extinction due to habitat loss as a result of oil palm plantations. It is NOT the way forward. The planet is too small and our energy needs too big to be satiated with biofuel, certainly the kind of biofuel that eats up millions of hectares of space. There has been one innovative project though that I thought was interesting, which made fuel using algae. The energy yield was much higher in terms of space/value efficiency. That might be interesting, but I doubt very much that it can satiate our huge hunger for energy.
Sam Scribe October 23, 2010 at 8:07pm

Biofuels: Are you sure this is a great idea? Boeing moved its head office from Seattle to Chicago four or five years ago, but here on the West Coast we're still peppered with news about Big Bo. This morning Boeing is applauding a government initiative on biofuels, saying they're all for it. But should we be all for it?
Kat Morgenstern October 20, 2010 at 6:18pm

I don't think their numbers would be any greater if they were more aggressive. People would just feel more justified to kill them. Just look at how many tigres are left in the wild. The reason their numbers are so small is simply greed - their habitat, the rain forest, is being converted to oil palm plantations, mostly. And what is really sick about it is that these plantations are often funded with 'reforestation' grants or money from CO2 off-setting programs. So cynical!
Ed Wetschler October 20, 2010 at 3:42pm

A press release from Malaysia reports that there are now only 7,000 or so orangutans left in the wild, "despite [their] passive nature." I'm no expert on this species, so I'll ask you: Could it be that their numbers are smaller -- not despite their passive nature, but because of their passive nature?
Tripatini October 18, 2010 at 7:03pm

This week on the Tripatini blog, Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave gives us a "heads up" on her visit to the Iban headhunters of the rain forest of Malaysian Borneo a first-rate eco-adventure! Click here to read.
West Africa Discovery October 16, 2010 at 7:55pm

Roll up, roll up! Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, we have an offer that will blow your mind...

We have just been informed of an amazing offer to spend 2 weeks for the price of 1 throughout November in one of the eco-lodges we have selected as part of our mission to create a database of sustainable and responsible tours, accommodations and volunteer projects based in an amazing yet little known region of the World: West Africa.

Where is this eco-lodge you may ask? West Africa comprises 16 countries, and this country is nicknamed 'The Smiling Coast'. Have you guessed yet? ... It's the Gambia!

So if you are interested in visiting this vibrant and colourful country, and have a keen eye for a bargain, why not take up on this offer? You definitely won't be dissapointed.

For more information on this truly sustainable eco-lodge which prides itself with their local community development schemes and pioneering sustainable architecture, click here.