Research and Development
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- Marriott partners with Brazilian State of Amazonas to Protect Rainforest, develops a Green Five-Point Strategy
- Richard Branson developing Caribbean eco-resort
- What Turning Down the Heat Means for Travelers
- New Environmental Tourism Project for Cayman Islands
- El Salvador Ecotourism on the Rise with New Workshop
Richard Branson developing Caribbean eco-resort
The ever-innovative Richard Branson, Chairman of the Virgin Group, is setting his sights on yet another foray into sustainable business - eco-resorts - with twenty exclusive villas as well as a beachfront restaurant on the new “Mosquito Island”, which he says will be the most environmentally-friendly resort in the world.
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Carbon offsets prevalent in Adventure Travel, according to new survey
According to a new survey, The Role of Carbon Offsets in Adventure Travel, tour operators are increasingly looking for viable methods to to use carbon offsets in a broader, as travelers are willing to take on the extra charges.
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Xola Consulting publishes Adventure Travel research document
According to a new research publication by Xola Consulting, “adventure travel is not a well-defined segment”, as it often pertains to ecotourism, heritage tourism, volunteer tourism, rural tourism, community tourism, and wildlife tourism.
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Tourism Concern campaigns against development on Bimini islands
Tourism Concern continues to campaign with local Biminites and environmentalists from across the world to campaign to demand a halt to the development of a mega-resort on the Bahamian islands of Bimini.
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Caribbean Nations Launch Challenge Initiative to Protect Marine and Coastal Resources
The Nature Conservancy joins Caribbean leaders to launch “Caribbean Challenge” at United Nations COP-9 conference, an effort by regional governments to build political support and generate long-term funding to protect at least 20 percent of participating countries’ marine and coastal habitats by 2020.
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Center for Tourism and Cultural Change
Established in 2001, the Center for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK is one of the leading international platforms for tourism research.
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Responsible Tourism declaration and conference papers
Kerala declaration on Responsible Tourism adopted at the Incredible India Second International Conference on Responsible Tourism and fifteen papers presented at the conference are now available on internet.
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Rebuilding Hope and Opportunity in Myanmar and Sichuan
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Foundation is calling on the travel industry to support a recovery fund to help rebuild the lives of tourism industry employees in the devastated areas of Myanmar and Sichuan, China.
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Good news for whalewatchers: Pacific Humpback making a comeback
Although once hunted to near-extinction, a new study suggests that populations of humpback whales in the North Pacific have made a dramatic comeback in the last few decades.
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TerraCurve.com joins MySpace culture, adds Grassroots International as first “Friend”
I am happy to announce that the very first “Friend” in the MySpace world is none other than Grassroots International, a human rights and international development organization that supports community-led sustainable development projects.
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Deloitte Survey Finds Business Travelers Go Green On The Road
U.S. business travelers are increasingly making daily choices to reduce their environmental impact, and they have specific expectations about the green practices hotels should be adopting today, according to a recent survey commissioned by Deloitte.
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Climate change to dramatically effect tropical wildlife hardest
According to new research published by Reuters, tropical creatures will be drastically left in harm’s way if the climate warms even a few degrees in places that are already hot.
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