Category: Wildlife

Treadright announces Celine Cousteau as ambassador

The Treadright Foundation, a project of the Travel Corporation, has announced the daughter of ocean explorer and filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau to be their new ambassador.

Ecotourism to protected areas grew 14% in Brazil during 2014

The number of people visiting protected areas in Brazil is growing rapidly, according to a major organisation in the country committed to their preservation

Livelihoods, jobs, and the business of the illegal wildlife trade

The illegal wildlife trade is big business. Not including the illegal trade in timber, it exceeds $19 billion annually.

‘Overworked’ elephant dies while carrying holidaymakers in Vietnam

A 40-year-old elephant that was used to entertain holidaymakers in Vietnam has reportedly died of exhaustion at a tourist site.

New study says ecotourism generates 8 billion visits a year

(ecoworldly)Ā PLOS Biology, an open source, peer reviewed biology journal, has published a new study which estimates the worldā€™s protected environment areas generate 8 billion...

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