ecotourism Archive

  • Madikwe, short for Madikwena, meaning Mother of All Crocodiles is a shining example of ecotourism success in Africa.  This 76,000 hectare reserve was created in 1994 and was the subject...

    Mother of All Crocodiles

    Madikwe, short for Madikwena, meaning Mother of All Crocodiles is a shining example of ecotourism success in Africa.  This 76,000 hectare reserve was created in 1994 and was the subject...

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  • Every once in a while I trawl through the research output of academia, specifically in the fields of ecotourism, sustainable tourism and ecotourism certification. The other day I came across...

    Is it only about “the Big 5″?

    Every once in a while I trawl through the research output of academia, specifically in the fields of ecotourism, sustainable tourism and ecotourism certification. The other day I came across...

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  • Some critics liken carbon offsetting – paying for emission reductions elsewhere instead of reducing one’s own carbon emissions – to “buying pardons from the Catholic church in 16th century Europe”...

    Carbon offsets: should you buy absolution?

    Some critics liken carbon offsetting – paying for emission reductions elsewhere instead of reducing one’s own carbon emissions – to “buying pardons from the Catholic church in 16th century Europe”...

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  • Meerkats (or suricates) are one of those species that deserve Walt Disney full-feature attention.  They are cute-looking, live in communes and are jam-packed with character.  All kinds of “wickedness” (in...

    Meeting the Meerkats

    Meerkats (or suricates) are one of those species that deserve Walt Disney full-feature attention.  They are cute-looking, live in communes and are jam-packed with character.  All kinds of “wickedness” (in...

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  • Finally, my bags were packed and I was holding electronic air tickets to fly to a land I dreamed of visiting for a very long time! Flying from Cape Town,...

    Manyara, Maasai & Marriage: a personal view of northern Tanzania

    Finally, my bags were packed and I was holding electronic air tickets to fly to a land I dreamed of visiting for a very long time! Flying from Cape Town,...

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  • Walking on a wilderness trail is the only way to feel the pulse of the African “bush”. That is what I believe anyway. I have experienced my fair share of...

    The thing about African wilderness trails

    Walking on a wilderness trail is the only way to feel the pulse of the African “bush”. That is what I believe anyway. I have experienced my fair share of...

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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...

    Why community-based tourism is so important

    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...

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  • (With apologies to Dalene Matthee…) Machampane Wilderness Camp in Limpopo National Park, Mozambique, shares the western bank of the Machampane River with tall fever trees at a pool called Xisivene...

    Circles in the Bush

    (With apologies to Dalene Matthee…) Machampane Wilderness Camp in Limpopo National Park, Mozambique, shares the western bank of the Machampane River with tall fever trees at a pool called Xisivene...

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  • The Bazaruto archipelago, off the coast of Mozambique, is a tropical island paradise and a national park. Proclaimed in 1971 to protect, amongst other species, what is now the last...

    Bazaruto, dugongs and peak oil

    The Bazaruto archipelago, off the coast of Mozambique, is a tropical island paradise and a national park. Proclaimed in 1971 to protect, amongst other species, what is now the last...

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  • In a previous post I referred to “air travel refuseniks” who frown upon leisure air travel on ethical grounds. Today I happened upon this article, Beware of ‘greenwash’, by John...

    Ecotourism and flying 2

    In a previous post I referred to “air travel refuseniks” who frown upon leisure air travel on ethical grounds. Today I happened upon this article, Beware of ‘greenwash’, by John...

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