Category: Wildlife

New spate of road & rail projects threaten Africa’s wildlife reserves 

Africa is facing an unprecedented surge in road and railway building with 33 huge 'development corridors' planned that threaten 2,400 of the continent's protected wildlife areas

Pack Mule Welfare Abuses in Mountain Tourism

The suffering of pack mules and other working animals who labour in the tourism industry has largely gone unnoticed.

African safari tourism: the ‘multiplier’ effect

For every one person employed by certain high-end tourism lodges in southern Africa, seven people benefit from the downstream flow of that income.

Asian travel companies launch campaign to help orangutans

Khiri Reach and partner organisations have united to draw attention to wildlife whose habitats are being destroyed by forest and peat fires in Borneo

Palau bets on sustainable tourism with fishing ban

The move follows a similar action in 2009 when Palau created the world's first sanctuary, a move that has seen many countries follow suit.

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