{"id":6699,"date":"2015-09-16T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T10:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6699"},"modified":"2015-11-25T00:07:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:07:05","slug":"rainforest-alliance-loses-green-tourism-support-follow-bbc-expose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/09\/rainforest-alliance-loses-green-tourism-support-follow-bbc-expose\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainforest Alliance loses Green Tourism support following BBC expos\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/green-tourism.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/EDD0\/production\/_85408806_kid3.jpg\" alt=\"Rainforest Alliance loses Green Tourism support following BBC expos\u00e9\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/green-tourism.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Tourism <\/a>The UK based international body, which has thousands of members and affiliates across Britain, Europe, North America, Africa and Australasia, will no longer give businesses credit towards their environmentally friendly assessments for using Rainforest Alliance certified products.\u00a0The move follows an undercover report by the BBC which revealed very poor workers rights and estate plantation practices in a number of Rainforest Alliance accredited sites.<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Green Tourism will now only count certifications by bodies such as the Forestry Stewardship Council, Marine Stewardship Council, Fair Trade Foundation and organic food certification or local food initiatives, as being ethical and truly environmentally friendly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelmole.com\/news_feature.php?news_id=2018495\" target=\"_blank\">Read the original article on Travelmole<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-india-34173532\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about the BBC expos\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BBC documentary on shocking conditions on tea plantations certified by the Rainforest Alliance has resulted in a UK certification body withdrawing support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,131,138,534,14,264],"tags":[215],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rainforest Alliance loses Green Tourism support<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A BBC documentary on shocking conditions on tea plantations certified by the Rainforest Alliance has resulted in a UK certification body withdrawing support\" \/>\n<meta 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