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Prime eco opportunities on the Caribbean´s Tobago island

VisitTobago.gov.ttThe smaller of the two main islands which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago lies 22 miles northeast of larger Trinidad (a 20-minute flight away, as well as with direct service to/from Barbados, the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany).It´s known for its unspoiled natural beauty; gorgeous beaches (such as Buccoo, pictured above); rich history (dating back to 1654); and vibrant culture.Prime ecotourism spots include Argyle Waterfall, Main Ridge Forest Reserve,…

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Biodiversity and ecotourism are one of ´5 Reasons Why Colombia Is Among the World´s Most Appealing Destinations

gustavofrazao Due in part to its remarkable geographic position and the world's greatest variety of ecosystems, Colombia's biodiversity is by some counts the greatest per square kilometre on the planet, with more than 54,000 species of flora and fauna ranging over the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, the Amazon jungle (above), tropical semideserts, and the Andes and coastal Sierra Nevada mountain ranges. All waiting for you to explore. read post

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Ecotourism in and around South Africa's remarkable Cape of Good Hope

Michael Van den Burg This rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, about an hour and a half south of Cape Town, is a popular spot for visitors to the Mother City, especially for its beautiful scenery and compelling wildlife (it´s also part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Cape Floral Region). And here´s a look at the top attractions at the Cape of Good Hope, nearby False Bay, and on the peninsula in general:

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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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Tripatini October 28, 2010 at 4:04am

What unusual is going on with the annual wildebeest migration between Kenya's Masaai Mara and Tanzania's Serengeti? Find out in a recent post on the Tripatini blog.
David Lawrence October 27, 2010 at 1:23am

posted this on Africa Safaris group but you guys might now these things too. Friend just called and we were talking outdoors. Told me a strange thing: this year the wildebeast migration was cut short. Instead of staying in the Masai Mara for three months, they're turning back to the Serengetti. Anyone know anything about this and why it's happening?
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?