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Is the Tourism Industry Ready for Climate Risk?
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsIt is always interesting how those most vulnerable to a risk are the least prepared. Does it mean that they are blissfully ignorant; do they choose to ignore the threat... -
Lion Caught in Trap in Kruger National Park Controversy
Posted on August 25, 2009 | 13 CommentsImagine my surprise this morning when I got a phone call from a UK citizen asking how our company call ourselves an ecoCompany while we watch a lion in the Kruger... -
Eco-travel in Africa makes a difference
Posted on May 13, 2008 | 1 CommentThe title of this post is also ecoAfrica‘s slogan, and one of the questions it immediately raises is: what sort of a difference? Another would be: what is “eco-travel”? These... -
Mother of All Crocodiles
Posted on April 2, 2008 | No CommentsMadikwe, 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... -
Is it only about “the Big 5″?
Posted on February 17, 2008 | 1 CommentEvery 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... -
Carbon offsets: should you buy absolution?
Posted on December 19, 2007 | 3 CommentsSome 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”... -
Why community-based tourism is so important
Posted on October 23, 2007 | No CommentsThe 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... -
Ecotourism and flying 2
Posted on August 30, 2007 | 9 CommentsIn 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, climate change, peak oil and flying
Posted on August 10, 2007 | 2 CommentsIn an editorial about Angola, the editor of one of my favourite reads, Africa Geographic magazine, opined: “…tourism is more sustainable than oil or diamonds…”. Obvious and self-evident, one would... -
Ecotourism and “greenwashing”
Posted on July 14, 2007 | 1 CommentCoined in the 1980s, ecological tourism, or ecotourism has been a contested concept. Over the years there have been many definitions and the ensuing academic debates have only served to...
