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Environmental sustainability must be a key focus area for cruise operators

February 24, 2021975 Views

COVID-19 has strengthened a recent shift in consumer sentiment, with the pandemic further increasing concerns around environmental damage caused by the tourism sector. Cruise operators could be at risk of losing custom to other holiday/transport types if they do not act fast and place environmental sustainability at the forefront of new developments, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Gus Gardner, Travel and Tourism Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “GlobalData’s Week 11 COVID-19 Recovery Consumer Survey*, reveals that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 31% of global respondents have made reducing their environmental footprint slightly/significantly more important than before, with a further 12% making it their top priority. This significant shift in consum...

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Rubbish collection tour cleans up Sydney Harbour, one kayak at a time

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February 11, 2021547 Views

Arming each participant with a paddle, bucket, sieve and picker stick, ‘Clean Up Kayak’ is a tour of Australia’s Sydney Harbour with a difference. The sole objective, says founder Laura Stone, is to clear rubbish from the harbour - and business is thriving. “We’ve been quite surprised, even through the pandemic, we’ve been very busy,” Stone said. Kayakers on the 'Clean Up Kayak' tour paddle near the Sydney Harbour Bridge while to helping collect rubbish and plastic from the water in Sydney, Australia, February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Jill Gralow “Because they can’t travel, people are looking for something to do, that is not just good for them, but also good for the environment.” Stone began the tours several years ago after noticing the rubbish littering the waters while on other gr...

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Great Green Wall gets more support to restore degraded landscape

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January 13, 20211309 Views

The ambitious Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGW) has received at least 10 billion US Dollars in new funding. The funding will fast track efforts to restore degrading land, save biological diversity as well as create green jobs and build resilience of the Sahelian people. Emmanuel Macron, President of France, made the announcement at the just concluded One Planet Summit for Biodiversity co-organized by France, the United Nations and World Bank. The GGW snakes along the southern margin of Africa’s Sahara Desert running from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea, all the way from Senegal in the West to Djibouti in the East. The Great Green Wall Accelerator makes up 30 per cent of 33 billion United States Dollars needed to achieve the Great Green Wall’s ambitions...

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Warming Arctic at the frontier of climate insight and risk, experts say

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January 13, 20211177 Views

The environmental transformation happening in the Arctic is key to understanding the potential global impacts of climate change, an Alaska Native leader and a polar explorer told the Reuters Next conference on Monday. With climate change warming the Arctic twice as fast as the overall planet, newly possible commercial activities have also raised questions about responsibility and risk at the top of the world, an insurance expert said. FILE PHOTO: Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship navigates through floating ice in the Arctic Ocean, September 15, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas/File Photo Native peoples’ observations of changes in the Arctic - such as diseases in fish, or shifts in the time of year when mountain snow melts - are key to understanding how clim...

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Global tourism plastics initiative welcomes 26 new signatories

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November 26, 20201229 Views

The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative has welcomed 26 new signatories, including businesses and organizations from every part of the global tourism value chain. Led by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the Initiative unites the tourism sector behind a common goal of addressing the root causes of plastic pollution. The new signatories include Booking.com, G Adventures, The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Inkaterra, TUI Care Foundation, deSter part of gategroup, and International Aviation Waste Management Platform, among others. They feature suppliers of guest amenities, on-the-go packaging and waste-management platforms, as well as accommodation providers (both large groups and ...

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Brazil’s Pantanal, world’s largest wetland, burns from above and below

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August 30, 2020560 Views

The world’s largest wetland is ablaze, but the fire is often invisible. In Brazil’s Pantanal, the vegetation compacted under the marshy flood water during the wet season dries out as ponds and lagoons evaporate, leaving flammable deposits underground that can continue to smoulder long after visible flames die down. Firefighters across Brazil are battling raging towers of flames from the Amazon rainforest to the Cerrado savannah, but the fires beneath their feet are a particular challenge in the Pantanal. The only way to combat an underground fires is to dig a trench around it, said state firefighter Lieutenant Isaac Wihby. A fire is seen near Cuiaba River at Pantanal, in Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli “But how do you do that if you ha...

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जहां पेड़ों के लिए किए गए बलिदान

Harishankar Rarhi

August 9, 20202030 Views

जोधपुर के निकट एक गांव पर्यावरण तीर्थ होने की योग्यता रखता है। सदियों पहले जब पर्यावरण संरक्षण के नाम पर न कोई आंदोलन था और न कोई कार्यक्रम, तब वृक्षों के संरक्षण के लिए सैकड़ों अनगढ़ और अनपढ़ लोगों ने यहां आत्मबलिदान कर दिया था। आत्माहुति का ऐसा केंद्र किसी तीर्थ से कम नहीं। पश्चिमी राजस्थान का विश्नोई समुदाय कई मायनों में किवंदती सरीखा है। प्रकृति के लिए अपार प्रेम उनके जीवन का हिस्सा है- जीवन-मरण का सवाल खेजड़ली कलां में पेड़ों का बगीचा राजस्थान के ऐतिहासिक शहर जोधपुर से मात्र 25 किलोमीटर की दूरी पर प्रकृति के अंचल में बसा खेजड़ली गांव किसी भी पर्यावरण प्रेमी के लिए विशेष महत्व का है, जहां आज से पौने तीन सौ साल पहले इस प्रकार की चेतना पैदा हो चुकी थी कि सिर साटैं रुंख रहे तो भी सस्तो जांण, अर्थात यदि सिर देकर भी वृक्षों की रक्षा हो सके तो भी यह बलिदान सस्ता ही है। मूल चिपको आंदोल...

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PATA commits to takes on plastic pollution

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August 4, 20201176 Views

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has become a signatory of the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, led by the United Nations Environment Programme and World Tourism Organization, in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The new set of recommendations outlining how the global tourism sector can continue in its fight against plastic pollution while effectively facing the public health and hygiene challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic were released on 22nd July. The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative unites the tourism sector behind a common vision to address the root causes of plastic pollution. It enables businesses and governments to take concerted action, leading by example in the shift towards a circularity in the use of plastics. As a signatory of the Glo...