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Why community-based tourism is so important October 23, 2007

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The concept of the Peace Parks is gaining recognition for the vision that it is.  I have written about it many times before as a model that shows the way forward for people and the planet.  The embracing symbolism of transfrontier conservation areas cannot be overstated because it will only be by a process of inclusion and integration that humans will continue to exist as a species.  If we fail to acknowledge and sanction the right-to-life of all of creation we will be left with a denuded and over-used earth unable to support humans.

We have a choice and the time for making that choice is now. We cannot afford to put it off.

One idea that is gaining ground in Africa is that of community-based tourism.   (more…)