Category: Biodiversity

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.

Move over, sustainable travel. Regenerative travel has arrived.

Can a post-vaccine return to travel be smarter and greener than it was before March 2020? Some in the tourism industry are betting on it. In this article from the summer, The New York Times offers a definition for regenerative tourism and looks at some positive developments since the start of the pandemic, including the launch of the Future of Tourism Coalition.

How Australia is rethinking tourism now that borders are closed

Australia’s bushfires followed by the huge challenges posed by the pandemic have forced tour companies to rethink their approach to tourism and appeal more to the Australian market. Many travel providers to have found ways to rebuild from the devastating wildfires in more meaningful and sustainable way.

Covid-19 impacts on nature conservation in Georgia

There has been a lot of analysis of the positive and negative impacts of Covid-19 on conservation and Protected Areas globally, but none of them focuses specifically on Georgia. In the third post in the series on Covid-19 in Georgia, Marta Mills who has been exploring Georgia since 2001, summarises the impacts on Georgia’s nature.

Portugal’s proposed new airport would threaten thousands of protected birds

According charity ClientEarth, Portugal's plan to build a new airport on the the Tagus Estuary would adversely affect hundreds of thousands of migratory birds. Along with 7 other NGOs, they have filed a court action against the government.

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Discover Puerto Rico presents initiative to inspire conscious travel

Discover Puerto Rico, the Island’s official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), announces its Valentine’s Day initiative, “Love Letter from Puerto Rico,” with Puerto Rican actor and producer Amaury Nolasco.