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January 2001

Exploring 2002: The International Year of Ecotourism - Ron Mader
Mesoamerican Ecotourism Alliance - Eco-Exchange
Sea Kayaking the Sea of Cortez - Jean Philipe Soule/Caske
Adventure in Guatemala - Jean Philipe Soule/Caske
Sea Kayaking the Mosquito Coast - Jean Philipe Soule/Caske

February 2001

Ecotourism Certification - Ron Mader/Planeta.com
Showcasing Quality Sites: An Overview of "Mexico on the Web" - Ron Mader/Mexico Connect
Mexico on the Web: Chiapas - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Mazunte: Refugio natural de la tortuga marina - Alicia Boy/Reforma
Putting the "Eco" in Tourism - John Ivanko/E Magazine
Welcome to Planet Earth - Astronomy Picture of the Day
What a Beauty - Lisa Jones/Grist
Online Environmental Journalism: Basic Advice - Amy Gahran
Mountain Groan - Julie Grossman/Connection to the Americas

March 2001

Sustainable Tourism and Whale Watching in North America Workshop - Ron Mader
March 2001 Book Reviews - Ron Mader
Latin American Sports Guide for Travelers
Seeking out Matehuala's Illustrious Past - Herb Felsted
Whale Watching on the Web - Planeta.com
Review - In the Absence of the Sacred - Planeta.com
Mexico on the Web: Foundations - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
In search of flying saucers in Chile - Tim Vandenack/Babylon Trave

April 2001

Oaxaca Options Speaker Series
What Price Paradise? - Jeanine Kitchel
Review: Sacred Monkey River - Ron Mader
The Multivocality of Ecotourism - Gregory S. Gullette
Mexico on the Web: Bus Lines - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Nations Plan for Tourism That Shelters Biodiversity - Susana Guzman/ENS
Guided tours to help gray wolf's come-back - Kevin Bixby/Trio
Devil Fish - Michael Lacey/Phoenix New Times
Dying Breeds - David Holthouse/Phoenix New Times
Libel suit threatens future of online drug-war publication - Mark Jurkowitz/Boston Globe
Environment, Inc - Tom Knudson/Sacramento Bee
Eco-tourism: Encouraging Conservation or Adding to Exploitation? - Jonathan Nash/Population Reference Bureau
The Net as Corruption Disruption - Julia Scheeres
Criminal tala en San Pedro Martir - Javier Cruz Aguirre/Zeta
Coffee crisis begins to boil - Financial Times
Hotels greening up their act - Travelmole
Tourism development threatens world heritage site - Travelmole
Eco-Tourists Go Direct to Conservation - Sustainable Travel and Tourism
World Bank and Corporations Seek to Privatize Water - Project Censored

May 2001

The Role of the Internet in Integrating Biodiversity and Tourism - Ron Mader/Planeta.com
United Central America Announces Cooperative Tourism Marketing Effort to Include "Green Certification" - Bruce Conord/Planeta.com
Honduras' Expatriates Bar & Grill: Fine Food, Cigars, and Environmental Espionage - Jon Kohl/Planeta.com
Apoala, Un Rincon en la Mixteca Oaxaqueña - Sten Maldonado/Planeta.com
Urban Ecotourism: Conversation with Anna Gibson - Ron Mader/Planeta.com
Green Building and Tourism Fact Sheet - Planeta.com
Oaxaca Options Speaker Series - Planeta.com
Mexico on the Web: Whales - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Latin American Travel Planner - Ron Mader/Transitions Abroad
Hemisphere, Inc. - Dannah Baynton/Resource Center of the Americas
Top Responsible and Sustainable Travel Programs in Europe - Victoria Schlesinger/Gonomad.com
Copper Canyon Photos - Geri Anderson/Mexico Connect
Asia Focuses on Ecotourism - WTO
Tourism Industry Upgrades Statistical Foundation - WTO
Machu Picchu: On the Inca Trail - Expedia
In the shadow of the giants - Louis Loizides/Geographical
Uneasy Being Green: Tourism Runs Wild - Timothy Egan/New York Times

June 2001

Planeta.com Presents Colibri Ecotourism Award
Planeta.com Celebrates World Environment Day
Green Building and the Tourism Industry Conference Summary
Mexico on the Web: Tourism - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Planeta.com Profile - Eco-Index
Planeta.com Perfil - Eco-Index (Spanish)
Green Gardner Archive - Lisa Van Cleef

July 2001

July 2001 Book Reviews
Forests Guide
Planeta.com Developing New Alliances
Insects Guide
Oaxaca Options Speaker Series - Planeta.com
Mexico on the Web: Universities - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Study: Four sites account for half of Web surfing - CNN
Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly Journal - Sue Halpern/Random House
Blessed Are the Peacemakers - Anjula Razdan/Utne Reader
Cuba on Two Wheels - Michael Shapiro/Washington Post
Planeta.com Develops New Alliances - Travelmole
Argentine Ngos present national strategy for biodiversity - Alejandra Herranz/ENS
A Tour Operator Goes With the Flow - Jane Applegate/Business Week
Jungle spa pampers guests amid nature - Carla D'Nan Bass/Dallas Morning News

August 2001

Comparing the ICT's and The New Key to Costa Rica's Sustainable Tourism Rating - Beatrice Blake
Watershed Journeys: Conversation with Chris Shaw - Ron Mader
Weather Resource Guide
Mountains Resource Guide
Food Industry Resource Guide
Studying, breeding, watching and eating bugs on the Net - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Hybrid media helps democracy breathe - Silvio Waisbord/OpenDemocracy.net
Whale watching: An opportunity to conserve biodiversity through sustainable tourism - Gisela Heckel/TRIO
El Salvador Guide/Donald Lee - Gonomad.com
ABCs of Travel - Travel Weekly
International Index - Travel Weekly

September 2001

Reimagining Americas Ecotourism Conference
Reflections on Travel Safety - Ron Mader
Mushroom Fair - Ron Mader
Exploring Michoacán
Manteniendose en el Mercado sin Perder el Objectivo - Alfonso Escobedo
Searching for Ecotourism in Chiapas - Allan Rhodes
Oaxaca Options Speaker Series - Planeta.com
Mexico on the Web: Mexico holds its own in Web-industry sites - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Holiday - Cosmopolitan boom or global meltdown? - OpenDemocracy
Banking on the border: San Antonio-based lender has key role in development plan - Brendan Case/Dallas Morning News
Seeing Mexico - Michael Massing/Columbia Journalism Review
Socially Responsible Investing - Cliff Feigenbaum and Ted Ketcham/Greenmoney
Rural Mexicans Learning to Make Ecotourism Pay - John Roach/National Geographic News
Advice to Air Travelers - Edward Hasbrouck
Tourism Knocked Down but not out - World Tourism Organization
Airline Information and Travel Resources - Los Angeles Times

October 2001

Oaxaca's Alternative Tourism Fair
Internet/Tourism Workshop for Travel Providers
Integrating Biodiversity into the Tourism Sector - Hector Ceballos/Planeta.com
Focus on New Zealand Ecotourism - Sally McKinney/Planeta.com
Huatulco: Lines in the Sand - Wendy Call/Planeta.com
The Great Turning - Joanna Macy
The 21st Century Introduces Itself - Michael Ventura/Austin Chronicle
Ecuador: Amazon, Andes and Darwin - Julian Smith/Gonomad.com
Tourists Unwilling Witnesses to Whale Kills - Donald Sutherland/ENS
Tourists Come for Hummingbird Highway - Foster Klug/Associated Press
Colima: City of the Palms - Wendy Devlin/Mexicco Connect
Migration Mexico: Documented on the Web - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Kenya's tourism grows 'greener' - Danna Harman/Christian Science Monitor
Alert Bay Shapes Selective Tourism - Seth Zuckerman/Tidepool
Alaskan Towns Take Stand Against Tourism's Excesses - Seth Zuckerman/Tidepool

November 2001

Ecotourism Certification Workshop Summary
Space Resource Guide
Day of the Dead
Exploring Morelos
Exploring Veracruz
Mexico's Communication and Banking Guide
Migrant Communities in Mexico - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Cuenca: Cultural Capital of the Americas - Charlie Conner/Ecuador Explorer
Alert Bay Shapes Selective Tourism It Can Live With - Seth Zuckerman/Tidepool
"Come Again, But Leave Your Tour At Home:" Alaskan Towns Take Stand Against Tourism's Excesses - Seth Zuckerman/Tidepool
Destination Guide to Nicaragua - John Mitchell/Gonomad
Destination Highway 1 - AAA
Navigating Alternative Hawaii - Travel with a Challenge
Interview with Mark Dowie - Casey Walker/Media Channel

December 2001

Night of the Radishes - Ron Mader
Banff Heritage Tourism Strategy - Holly Quan
"Place" as a determinant of travel and focus for writing - Herb Hiller
How Should a Walking Tour be Marketed? - Robert Cleverdon and Polly Pattullo
True Story of E-commerce
Best Books of 2001
Media, the Environment and Tourism
Christmas in Mexico - Mexico Connect
Living in Nicaragua - Patrick McCaffrey/Transitions Abroad
Brazil Beyond the Beach - Volker Poelzl/Transitions Abroad
Galapagos: Up close and personal - Corinne Hitching/Greenstop
Best Mexico Websites - Ron Mader/Business Mexico
Protecting Mexico's Natural Heritage - Homero Aridjis and Serge Dedina/San Diego Union Tribune
A Man, A Plan, Expansion: The Puebla-Panama Plan - Wendy Call/Institute of Current World Affairs
Outlook for Web travel agencies brightening - Nando Times
Websites Develop The Mexico Network

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