Category: Biodiversity

A message from Australia: A tour operator’s guide to surviving catastrophe

Here is a hard-earned Dos and Don’ts Guide, before, during and after a disaster. I hope other operators don’t have to go through what we’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 Peoples’ 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 ‘trees for trips’ 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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Helsinki named world’s most sustainable destination by GDSI

Helsinki named world’s most sustainable travel destination — The Global Destination Sustainability Index measures the sustainability of travel destinations in four different categories using more than 70 indicators.