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.
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.
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.
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.
Johan Robinson, from UN Environment, argues that if we want to conserve nature, we must share the cost of conservation which is currently disproportionally borne by poor communities.
