Two decades ago, Rosa María Ruiz purchased 4,000 hectares (9,885 acres) of land along the Beni River, near the small village of Rurrenabaque, with the goal of transforming it from a heavily logged ...

As we celebrate Earth Day and accept the challenge to make more sustainable decisions in our own lives, one subcategory of the travel and tourism industry deserves a bigger focus this year after being ...

How can a remote luxury island destination that most travelers reach by plane be called the world’s top eco-tourism destination? I interviewed three travel experts to find out.

The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) launched its new destination brand, “Rivers of Life,” during an event at the KAZA Heads of State Summit in Livingstone, Zambia. The ...

Baglung, June 27 -- Dhorpatan, Nepal's only hunting reserve, generates between Rs40 million and Rs50 million in annual ...

Jimmy Kisembo, a Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger looks up at a lion on his daily monitoring patrol in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Alex Braczkowski, Author provided It’s been over 20 months ...

The study states that failing to encourage tourists to do more on behalf of wildlife represents a missed opportunity for conservation. "We argue that the combination of emotional engagement and ...

Conservation conflicts pose major challenges to biodiversity conservation, and addressing related stakeholder conflicts is gaining importance in the contemporary conservation discourse. We present an ...

Nepal used to be one of the first countries in the world to understand the importance of tourism for conservation. The implementation of concessions in Chitwan made it one of the most well-known and ...

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Tourism Development Corporation Limited (TGTDC) has initiated plans to prepare Detailed Development ...

The concept of sustainable nature tourism plays a key role in mediating conflicts between tourism and nature conservation, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The study takes a ...

A new study suggests that wildlife-based tourism operators should be key partners in educating and inspiring tourists to take informed conservation action. The study introduces a toolbox of ideas for ...