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.
A new ‘Plastic Free Balearics’ initiative aimed at the tourism sector has been developed by IbizaPreservation and Save the Med. The programme helps tourism establishments to find alternatives to single-use plastics, ahead of the new Balearic Waste Law banning single-use plastics, which is due to come into force this spring.
Plans to create a huge ski resort that would require blowing up part of the Alps are on hold after major pushback from locals coming to grips with warming. A growing grassroots movement is now standing up to the powerful ski industry, arguing that it sacrifices untouched landscapes for ever grander projects that ignore the looming climate crisis.
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.
