Articles tagged “conservation”

Tourism

The Kalahari Game Reserve Scientist Studying Climate Change Through the Solitary Pangolin

Wendy Panaino has a unique job — she studies climate change in the Kalahari desert, mostly through her research on the elusive and endangered pangolin. She's had to turn half nocturnal to study and track in its natural habitat, and monitor its adaptation to a changing climate that will increasingly impact how and why we travel.

Colin Nagy | 2 months ago

The Kalahari Game Reserve Scientist Studying Climate Change Through the Solitary Pangolin

Tourism

Indonesia’s Huge Price Hike for Komodo Park Exposes Tourism Dilemmas for a New Era

Indonesia is taking a more locals-first and sustainable approach to tourism. Implementing that approach will be sabotaged if the government doesn't absorb input from local industry stakeholders.

Dawit Habtemariam | 7 months ago

Indonesia’s Huge Price Hike for Komodo Park Exposes Tourism Dilemmas for a New Era

Tourism

Giraffes in Peril Show Fragile Business of Africa Wildlife Tourism

The quiet, mesmerizing beauty of giraffes makes them marketing gold for Africa's wildlife tourism industry. But the world's tallest mammals are under threat from multiple forces, poachers, diseases, even climate change. Economics aside, conservationists are in a mad dash to hasten their decline.

Harriet Akinyi, Skift | 11 months ago

Giraffes in Peril Show Fragile Business of Africa Wildlife Tourism

Tourism

Africa’s Wildlife Champion Fights Poachers Seizing on Covid Tourism Drop

Alina Peter is on the frontlines fighting the rise of poaching in Africa. Here, she shares how she works, the situation on the ground, and why it's important to weave science, indigenous knowledge, and technical expertise to derail the growing commercialization of illicit poaching, all of which has deep implications for tourism.

Colin Nagy | 1 year ago

Africa’s Wildlife Champion Fights Poachers Seizing on Covid Tourism Drop

Luxury

How Luxury Travel Can Build Community and Awareness in Africa

Connecting luxury travelers to the local community and fostering a better understanding of a destination is hard to do well. Here are two examples that the industry can draw inspiration from.

Colin Nagy, Skift | 3 years ago

How Luxury Travel Can Build Community and Awareness in Africa

Hotels

How Luxury Hospitality Is Tackling Conservation Efforts Globally

These days, it's not just one-off luxury properties that are investing in conservation projects. More companies see the value in protecting and restoring the land they're situated on, and ones that don't may be left behind.

Leslie Barrie, Skift | 3 years ago

How Luxury Hospitality Is Tackling Conservation Efforts Globally

Business Travel

Can Luxury Hospitality Play a Key Role in Land Conservation?

Outside of Africa where poaching, forestry, and resource exploitation can also threaten wildlife habitats, luxury hospitality leaders are playing a role in protecting land and creating opportunities around conservation.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 3 years ago

Can Luxury Hospitality Play a Key Role in Land Conservation?

Tourism

Africa Needs to Make Conservation a Growth Industry

If leaders continue to look at African conservation as a charitable cause, it is doomed. As a growth industry — yes, an industry — that creates jobs and economic mobility, there is still hope for a sustainable future driven by the very young population on the continent.

Colin Nagy, Skift | 3 years ago

Africa Needs to Make Conservation a Growth Industry

Tourism

What This Tanzanian Preserve Can Teach Africa About True Conservation

Conservation is too soft a word to describe the measures being taken to address the crisis facing land and wildlife in Africa. But the Grumeti Fund is an example of best-in-class anti-poaching. This, coupled with large-scale systemic change, education, and community empowerment, is the one-two punch that can counter the imminent dangers facing wildlife and ecology in Africa.

Colin Nagy, Skift | 4 years ago

What This Tanzanian Preserve Can Teach Africa About True Conservation

Tourism

Palau Campaign Stands Tough on Environment Despite Hit to Tourism

The hugely celebrated campaign, Palau Pledge, has not brought in more arrivals to Palau, which is also being hit by a China ban. Nobody should expect it to. Here’s why.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 4 years ago

Palau Campaign Stands Tough on Environment Despite Hit to Tourism