Ecotourism

With his magnificent underwater images, Gerardo del Villar wants to rehabilitate the reputation of the ocean's great predators, inspire conservation, and encourage responsible ecotourism.

MANAUS, Brazil, Mar 05 (IPS) - Electricity is essential for the well-being and prosperity of traditional riverside communities in the Amazon, as demonstrated by the experience of the Santa Helena do Inglês community, located on the right bank of the Negro River in northern Brazil.

BALI, Indonesia — "We didn't have electricity in our village of Taro, near Ubud, until I was 12 years old," says conservationist Wayan Wardika. To find their way through the rice fields at night, Wardika and his schoolfriends would capture fireflies and put them in jam jars, so they could use them as lanterns. "We […]

The historic ocean liner SS United States, whose fate had been in limbo for years, will begin its transition into the world's largest sunken artificial reef beginning this week in Philadelphia, its owner says.

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- With hundreds of thousands of acres of land and water, stewarding the Tennessee River Valley takes the intentional cooperation of...

Part of the CHIPS Act, the Recompete program stands as an example of Biden's commitment to place-based economic development.

Australia's Lord Howe Island could attract many tourists to its lush mountains, perfect beaches and blue waters. Instead, it has strict rules to deter all...

Agriculture, fishing, hunting, and gathering—through thousands of years of urbanization, these ways of acquiring food, which were deciding factors in settlement landscape patterns in the primitive society, have gradually been replaced by the manufacturing, financial, and service industry. Nowadays, urban planning seems to have lost its connection with food.

With safaris in Africa, for a long time now the goal has been to hunt big game. And safari mass-tourism, where dozens of vehicles chase a leopard is...

The ocean covers over 70% of our planet. It regulates the global climate, is home to 80% of life on Earth, acts as a carbon sink, and supports the livelihoods of billions of people. ...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, May 17 (IPS) - Rising temperatures are being blamed for an increase in human-wildlife conflicts in Zimbabwe as animals such as snakes leave their natural habitat earlier than usual.

A high-profile prison escape. A TV station takeover. An assault on police. Today on "Post Reports," how powerful gangs in Ecuador pushed this historically peaceful nation to the brink and led its new president to declare war.

People depend on natural ecosystems of trees, grasses and shrubs to capture carbon from the atmosphere and pull it underground to slow the decline toward climate-change disaster. Ironically, these same protected spaces also tend to be highly photogenic hot-spots for tourism.

Pangolins are fascinating creatures known for their unique appearance and distinctive scales. They are mammals belonging to the order Pholidota and are native to Africa and Asia. Due to their primary diet of ants and termites, pangolins are often referred to as "scaly anteaters".

Progress roundup: Native speakers in Brazil have an app, more Maasai women are boosted as leaders, noncitizens in the U.S. are eligible for National Book Awards.

Muffadal Saylawala of Oro Chocolate & Coffee brought bean-to-bar chocolate from the Nicaraguan rainforest to Chicago—via house arrest.

The Nywaigi people in Australia have discovered a way to sequester carbon, boost coastal biodiversity, and create jobs.

'Lakbayon (Steps) – Women Steps Toward Sustainability' is recognized at the Green Destinations Top 100 Story Awards held at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse in Germany

A voluptuous aircraft dubbed "The Flying Bum" has joined the fleet of Grands Espaces, a French eco-tourism company. Officially called the Airlander 10, the climate-conscious ...

Tripadvisor ranked the global destinations based on commitment to sustainability.