Items tagged:
Ecotourism
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Environmental Funds: sustainable finance for conservation
Conservation Trust Funds provide sustainable financing for long-term conservation. Guest blogger Ann Marie Steffa Avila looks at the work of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds (RedLAC) in supporting grass roots projects. She explains how the funds operate and looks at a project to fund six ecotourism organisations
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Communities are protecting Vietnam’s forests, but are they sharing in the benefits yet?
Dawn has not long broken but the sun is burning through the tree-lined streets of the city of Hue in central Vietnam. The cafes are already full and our minibus carefully weaves round the ubiquitous motorbikes in the early morning rush, as we head out of the city. Speeding past the crowded market and blaring horns, we catch glimpses of ancient architectural gems tucked between the bakeries and camera shops. Tradition and modernity overlapping in vibrant glory. img_0592.jpg
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Sustainable tourism
IIED works on a number of tourism projects that look at the forces and processes which impact and influence tourism development, to evaluate how more positive benefits can be gained to put poor people and the environment at the forefront of future tourism development.
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Sustainable tourism in the Srepok Wilderness Area, Cambodia
A wildlife ecotourism initiative in Southeast Asia led by IIED and WWF in Cambodia aimed to help local people as well as endangered animals
