Category: Wildlife

Dolphin slaughter protest to make waves in London

(Travel Mole) Dolphins Deserve More - 'End Taiji Now' Protest this weekend. Calls to end the controversial 'dolphin drives' in Taiji, Japan - in which hundreds...

STUDY: Behavioural Effects of Tourism on Oceanic Common Dolphins

(PLOS ONE) Common dolphins, Delphinus sp., are one of the marine mammal species tourism operations in New Zealand focus on. While effects of cetacean-watching...

Iran proposes establishing friendship park with Afghanistan

(Teheran Times) The head of Iran’s Department of Environment has proposed the establishment of a peace and friendship park in the border area with Afghanistan...

Galápagos tourism backfires

A squabble over tourist dollars is threatening the survival of the Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS) on Santa Cruz island, which works to protect the flora and fauna that tourists come to see.

Antarctic tourism could expose penguins to new diseases

(Time) Scientists sound the alarm after foreign pathogens sweep through penguin colonies. A boom in Antarctic tourism could introduce new, infectious diseases to the continent’s...

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Indigenous tourism to contribute $67BN USD to the global economy by 2034

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched a landmark report at its Global Summit in Perth, Western Australia, highlighting how Indigenous tourism is projected to contribute $67BN USD to the global economy by 2034.