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World’s first carbon-neutral airline, NatureAir, launches ecotourism blog

Eco-airline NatureAir aims to help educate readers on sustainable travel and keep people informed and involved in Costa Rica as an ecotourism destination, as well as enable people to share and exchange information on ecotourism, global warming, climate change and its impact on the world.

October 20th, 2008 | 1 comment | Read more
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Al Gore’s “The Climate Project” European Summit hosted by The Tommy Hilfiger Group

Tommy Hilfiger has teamed up with The Climate Project, Al Gore’s eco-initiative, to show its support of their and assist the expansion of its cause in educating and motivating the public to behave in an eco-friendly and conscious way.

October 15th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Nature-based enterprises help rural poor adapt to eco-threats

Expanding nature-based enterprises can increase income for the world’s rural poor. This approach, as outlined in the latest World Resources Report 2008, can also develop the rural poor’s resilience to social and environmental threats such as climate change.

October 8th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Personal care products work to protect the Amazon

Save Your World® teams with the first man to Walk the Amazon, former British Army Captain Ed Stafford, to unite & educate the world about the “most threatened eco-systems left on the planet.

October 5th, 2008 | 1 comment | Read more
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Tourism will and must ‘Grow Smartly’ in face of climate change

Tourism growth must be pursued with great emphasis on ethics and local community involvement as well as reducing carbon emissions, as concluded by World Tourism Day (WTD) 2008 Think Tank.

October 2nd, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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UN focuses on Climate Change with World Tourism Day

TOURpact.GC, a corporate social responsibility framework for businesses, was welcomed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as a leadership initiative aligning principles of the Global Compact and UNWTO’s Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.

September 29th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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Air travel industry tracks climate change online

Enviro.aero highlights the technology, operations and infrastructure efficiencies that are both in research as well as in production throughout the globe, providing feedback to the public on the effects the industry has on climate change as well as other environmental factors.

September 23rd, 2008 | 2 comments | Read more
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ECOT delivers statement: ‘World Tourism Day 2008: A South Perspective’

Caesar D’Mello, Director, Ecumenical Coalition On Tourism (ECOT), has issued a statement regarding the theme of the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) ‘ World Tourism Day 2008: Tourism responding to the challenge of climate change’.

September 18th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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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.

June 16th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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2008 Awards Take on Special Significance as U.S. Becomes #1 Market for Tanzania

Now in its eighth year, the prestigious Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB)’s Annual Tourism Awards were presented by the Hon. Shamsa S. Mwangunga, M.P Tanzania’s Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism as part of the 33rd Africa Travel Association (ATA) Congress held in Arusha, Tanzania.

June 6th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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The International Day For Biological Diversity, May 22 2008

The International Day of Biological Diversity today will stress the need to properly protect and manage the world’s biodiversity in order to ensure a secure supply of food for a growing world population.

May 22nd, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more
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IATA Signs Global Declaration on Aviation and Climate Change

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has signed a historic commitment to tackle climate change.

May 11th, 2008 | 0 comments | Read more

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