Bangladesh is very beautiful. It has very dense forest area. Bangladesh has a low forest cover, but those forests are diverse in nature and of major importance for the national economy and local people’s living. In this conditions of severe forest degradation and depletion like in many other developing countries, the existing national forest policy [...]

To raise awareness of environmental issues, CMS Vatavaran, an organization based in New Delhi nonprofit, organized a one day workshop for teachers of environmental science and teachers of the city on Friday. The day of the workshop presentations, various activities for teachers and exchange of experiences. Rosa de Lima, senior consultant for CMS and a [...]

The environmental group Greenpeace filed a grievance with the German legitimate Court against the initiatives taken by the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, to extend the life of the oldest nuclear plants in the country in September. “Everyone has the right to life and physical integrity,” Greenpeace said in a declaration on its website, adding [...]

Tourism industry leaders made Portland their stomping ground last week for an annual conference featuring the best of sustainable business and green living. The Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference kicked off Portland-style Sept. 8 with the city’s signature mix of music, politics and green-leaning ideas. Opening ceremonies were ushered in by the Japanese drum ensemble [...]

Rather than build up Routes 8 and 12 as a trade route competing with Route 9, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam should jointly develop Routes 8 and 12 as an eco-tourism routes linking the three countries, suggests the Thai ambassador to Laos. Vitavas Srivihok, the Thai ambassador to Laos, says Thailand will urge Laos and Vietnam [...]

Eco-tourism. Is this now-fashionable concept basically a contradiction in terms – on a par, as cynics might say, with “business ethics” or “compassionate conservatism”? “Adventure travel” is, of course, a concept as old as the hills, even if some of our greatest adventurers, such as Captain Scott, took great pains to proclaim their serious scientific [...]

Few people are fortunate enough to go on a trip to a place that can bring drastic change in their life. I don’t know the names of such people but surely I know the name of a place where one can get close encounters with the abundant nature. The lush green Amazon is the world’s [...]

This year The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) seeks to recognize those who not only take care of guests but Mother Nature as well. To do so, the group has launched its first annual Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism Award. Their aim is to honor ecotourism and sustainable tourism pioneers for their contributions, practices, and inspirational [...]

An environmental audit into palm oil producer PT SMART, paid for by the company, has cleared the company of the destruction of rainforests and orangutan habitats in Indonesia as alleged by a Greenpeace report. The audit, however, found that a fraction of the company’s plantation areas were located on peatlands — a violation of the [...]

A global electronics giant embroiled in an occupational cancer scandal has been accused by Greenpeace of reneging on a promise to phase out toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases. This week climbers from the environmental group scaled the Benelux headquarters of the Korean multinational Samsung, sticking the message “Samsung = Broken Promises” in [...]