December 21, 2012

Gambia: US $50000 Ecotourism Project Launched in Kartong
http://allafrica.com/stories/201212201146.html
The Kombo South village of Kartong's pristine environment and responsible tourism practices has won an ecotourism project. The coastal village is the Gambia's demonstration site for the regional project running in eight other African countries ...


PH committed to promoting ecotourism
http://www.asianjournal.com/dateline-philippines/across-the-islands/18713-ph-committed-to-promoting-ecotourism.html
QUEZON CITY (PIA) -- Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje said the Philippines remains committed to promoting ecotourism as a means to further economic growth without sacrificing the environment. Paje said the country is one ...


NTCA's ecotourism guidelines challenged
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/NTCAs-ecotourism-guidelines-challenged/articleshow/17671813.cms
NAGPUR: The Pench Jungle Lodges Federation has challenged the fresh comprehensive ecotourism guidelines issued by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body under the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). The guidelines ...


Dave Henderson: Group seeks support for Seneca Depot ecotourism
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20121217/SPORTS/312170037/Dave-Henderson-Group-seeks-support-Seneca-Depot-ecotourism
The Seneca Depot was built and is still maintained with public money, but there are always plans being pushed for its development. The former military base and arms storage facility in Romulus houses the only herd of truly white deer in the world in ...


Galway tourism businesses granted global ecotourism recognition
http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/57289/galway-tourism-businesses-granted-global-ecotourism-recognition
Internationally recognised certification in Ecotourism standards have been presented to a group of Galway tourism businesses. Athenry based Fidelma Ray of Cycle West Ireland received a Gold award as an 'Ecotourism Operator'. Slieve Aughty Riding ...


Ecotourism, last nail in the coffin of biodiversity
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/ecotourism-last-nail-in-the-coffin-of-biodiversity/article4130989.ece
In recent years several State governments have raised the curtains for ecotourism in natural reserves. Obviously, ecotourism gives a chance to people to see plants and animals in their natural habitats and is a source of income to the locals. On top of ...


Repair of border road to boost agro, ecotourism
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2012/12/10/46037/Repair-of-border-road-to-boost-agro-ecotourism
Santo Domingo.- The Presidency's Provincial Development Commission last weekend began the reconstruction of the Pedernales-Puerto Escondido road, known as the ?International Road,? to boost farm production and trade in the area surrounded by the ...


Ecotourism in Brazil
http://www.greenerideal.com/science/1128-ecotourism-in-brazil/
Ecotourism is designed to make visiting a destination beneficial to the further conservation of the surrounding area and this can take a number of forms. The area can benefit from financial contributions from tourists allowing the local residents to ...