Category: Biodiversity

A message from Australia: A tour operatorā€™s guide to surviving catastrophe

Here is a hard-earned Dos and Donā€™ts Guide, before, during and after a disaster. I hope other operators donā€™t have to go through what weā€™ve been through. But I fear it is already happening to many, worldwide.

The Corona Connection: Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change

The same forest destruction that accelerates climate change can also encourage the emergence of diseases such as the coronavirus, Indigenous Peoplesā€™ leaders said

Raze here, save there: Do biodiversity offsets work for people or ecosystems?

Today, there are an estimated 13,000 biodiversity offsets across the world. However, these projects suffer from all the problems of any conservation project in a poorly regulated country, including elite capture.

Are cities Europe’s new biodiversity hotspots?

Vondelpark, Amsterdam's public urban park in the southwest of the city, is anything but a remote place. Even on a weekday, it's full of people taking a stroll, playing soccer or chatting with friends on the neatly mowed grass - and now it also a hotspot of local biodiversity!

Travel firm offers ā€˜trees for tripsā€™ to help restore Kenya’s forests

orizon Guides, the Sheffield-based travel guides and trip planning site, has joined forces with an international charity to plant 50 trees in Kenya for every trip booked through its website.

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