Today, thanks to the burgeoning eco-tourism industry providing increasingly important income, many landowners have chosen to support jaguar conservation and many pantaneiros have become tour guides.
What about the train leading to more eco-tourism to the Central Valley or the deserts?
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But, we need to buy backhoes, fencing and build the remaining infra-structure required to permanently protect the land and create a viable eco-tourism facility.
Here are three destinations in various parts of the world that are in different stages of development, but are seeking to answer the same question: Can we make eco-tourism into one of the most important industries in our country?
While all of these places are of the luxury calibre, the emphasis is on eco-tourism and preservation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) recognizes the human element in eco-tourism.
Forget a quiet week on the beach or healthy eco-tourism, debauchery tourism is about partying hard and indulging in your vice of choice, whether it is drugs alcohol, sex or gambling -- but without the hassle of going to work the next day.
Somewhat surprisingly, given the fact that the city struggled through a recession after its steel industry began to falter, Pitt is now one of the nicest places to live in the Eastern U.S. Its parks and rivers provide eco-tourism options to people who want to experience the green side of this newly vibrant metropolis.
These include STI's Sustainable Tourism Eco-Certification Program (STEP) and the Voluntary Initiative for Sustainability in Tourism (VISIT) in Europe.
Yet the country is still a popular stopover for cruises, and, being that it is home to the world's second longest barrier reef, impressive eco-tourism attractions and relaxing white-sand beaches, tourism is still one of its top sources of revenue.
It can be considered as a model for promoting integrated eco-tourism development in similar islands and may serve as the basis for a larger marine and terrestrial buffer zone.
Besides Brazil's tough conservation laws, there are now countless projects, often backed by multilateral agencies, to develop sustainable forestry, eco-tourism and other means of providing a living for the region's inhabitants without harming their environment.
Scottish Labour MSP Rhoda Grant's amendment was backed by the minister as it commended tourist industry partners for working together to develop green and eco-tourism.
Every Tuesday at 1300 UTC, Global Geoparks worldwide and their local partners are encouraged to share the best examples of their work promoting geological heritage and supporting sustainable economic development through eco-tourism.
Rwanda, in particular, has developed a lucrative eco-tourism industry based on rich foreigners who wish to follow in the steps of Dr Schaller and of Dian Fossey, an American researcher who brought the gorillas' plight to the world's attention, and was later murdered, probably by poachers who did not welcome the publicity.
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Gambia's natural beauty and proximity to Europe has made it one of the larger markets for tourism in West Africa, boosted by government and private sector investments in eco-tourism and upscale facilities.
But the area - boasting lush vegetation and pristine beaches - is now likely to become a centre for eco-tourism.
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