Category: Environmental issues

First Global Youth Tourism Summit launched

The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili has joined the Minister of Tourism of Italy Massimo Garavaglia to officially launch the first Global Youth Tourism Summit.

Ecuador Court Gives Indigenous Groups a Boost in Mining and Drilling Disputes

The ruling, which requires the government to seek consent for new projects, could put the brakes on the president’s plan to increase oil production.

Ghana launches ecotourism handbook

The book produced by the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission provides basic information of nature-based tourism in Ghana and the key institutions and their mandates in tourism development.

How the travel industry can live up to the Glasgow Declaration

Following last year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland, AFAR asked thought leaders in travel how they plan to take action and create a more sustainable future.

Portugal creates Europe’s largest Marine Reserve

The new reserve protects 2,677 square kilometres around the Selvagens Islands, an archipelago in the North Atlantic. Marine ecosystems face three major threats: fishing, pollution, and the climate crisis. Protecting them against the first goes a long way towards helping them survive the second two.

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