Category: Biodiversity

Budget cuts and collapse in tourism revenue pose ‘severe’ threat to nature

New research by the International Union for Conservation of Nature suggests that job cuts in nature reserves and environmental rollbacks by governments during the Covid-19 pandemic are undermining conservation efforts. Recovery measures need to be planned in a way that avoids negative impacts on biodiversity and charts a more sustainable and equitable way forward.

New funding for sustainable tourism development in Mexico

New international funding will be used for sustainable tourism development in the area Maya Ka’an, Mexico. It includes the promotion of the region, sustainability training to tourism cooperatives and the improvement of the region’s ecotourism offerings. The region aims to generate local income across the Yucatán Peninsula without the negative impacts of tourism.

Pure Brasil launches campaign to support the recovery of the Pantanal through wildlife tourism

As tourism has stopped because of the Covid-19 pandemic, challenges to save the biome are even higher.

Fewer tourists meant less money for wildlife during the pandemic – but there’s an alternative

2020 has exposed the flaws in a conservation model reliant on wealthy tourists. New ideas are vital in the effort to safeguard the environment post-pandemic. A conservation basic income and monetising ecosystem services are two possible approaches.

Interview with Adrian Ferraro from The Bioasis project

The Bioasis project is the exciting new UK programme from the team behind STC Expeditions: an ‘immersive’ outdoor adventure, set in the year 2074 in a post climate-change apocalyptic world. School groups can choose either a 6 or 10 day mission to learn about conservation, rewilding and reconnecting with nature. Here Rebecca Waller chats to Adrian Ferraro to find out more.

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