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Planeta Auction! Where to start? - George Lakoff The Latest on Brazil - Worldchanging Reframing the Planet - Worldchanging Net Worm Using Google to Spread - CNET 2004 was the year of the blog - Editor and Publisher Urban Adventures - Outside Signs of Confusion - Rolf Potts/Worldhum Rebozos weave long history - Vicky Cowal/Universal On Being a Mex-Pat: Teaching English and Living in Mexico - Jonathan Clark/Transitions Abroad All hail 'El Rey del Ponche' - Jonathan Clark Berlin, the Eco City - Yaotzin Botello Pulque: Nectar of the Gods Under Threat - Mexicanwave Pulque: Mexico's unique and vanishing drink - New Farm Coming to London 'American Style' - MSNBC Football Footprint - Michigan State University Luxury travel in poor countries - Thorn Tree Interview with Black Sheep Inn - ECOCLUB Contingencia ambiental en la Sierra Norte - Noticias Ecotourism and Its Impact on Forest Conservation -Margaret Lowman/ActionBioscience.org Chillin' Verde - Emily Gertz/UTNE
Cycling - Acapulco - Turtles - Africa - Baseball - Organic
Headlines Survey of tourism portals When their holidays turned hellish - Jim Benning/Boston Globe To Rebuild, Tsunami-Ravaged Nations Need Tourists - Pacific News Service The urgent and the important - World is Green Asian disaster 'wake-up call' for Mexico - Mexicanwave Ola solidaria - Una vuelta por India With a little warning - Gwynne Dyer Jeff Greenwald's Dispatches - Ethical Traveler ‘Tsunami of mercy' swamps villagers - The Nation Post-Tsunami Visit to the Phi Phi Archipelago - Joe Cummings/Citylife
Oaxaca Hosts 2005 Rural Tourism Fair Mezcal Guide - Ron Mader Explorers: John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood Biodiversity Links BioPlatform E-Conference Kardashev Scale - Wikipedia Parallel Universe - Michio Kaku/BBC The Solar System - Troy Brophy Being Digital Is Being Virtual - Hans-Peter Brondmo /ClickZ How to be an ethical traveler - Thorn Tree Es desaprovechado el potencial turístico en Oaxaca - Noticias Nosotros, el medio Ecolodges: Exploring Opportunities for Sustainable Business - IFC Tree Romance - Independent Primer Taller de Cuencas y Ciudades - IMAC Viven huelas del volcán Paricutín - Fernando Garcia/Rumbo Congress to vote on bill that waives environmental laws - Terry Rodgers/San Diego Union Tribune Iguassu Falls: The Niagara on Viagra - Jim Soliski /BrazilMax Serie de Caribe 2005 - Jonathan Clark Pulque Festival - Thorn Tree
Baseball - Eco Links - Awards - Conferencing
Exploring Pluma Hidalgo - Ron Mader Road-Trip to Real de Catorce - Andrea Abel The Other Side of Chichen Itza: Was It the First "Cancun?" - Jeanine Kitchel Take a Vacation: A Solution to Global Warming - Beatrice Blake Chatting with Marlene Ehrenberg: Ecotourism Pioneer - Barbara Kastelein Brazil Agriculture: Winning the Great Farms Race - Brazilmax Brazil Bus Company Campaigns to Stop Illegal Animal Traffic - Brazilmax Eight Myths about Recycling - IDB Central American Indigenous Communities - IDB Central America: Indigenous Integrated Ecosystem Management - World Bank The land where hope springs eternal - New York Times If a tribe fell in a forest - Miguel Angel Cabodevilla and Nathan Horowitz System to Monitor Tourism - Hindu Business Line Success formula for eco-tourism - Hindu Business Line Curso Internacional de Ecoturismo Marino en Margarita - Gentiuno Interview with Deborah McLaren - Sherry Schwarz/Transitions Abroad Responsible Travel in Brazil - Volker Poelzl/Transitions Abroad Chainsaws Thin Flocks - New York Times 'A Challenge for Conservationists' - Mac Chapin/WorldWatch (PDF, login required) Reader Responses to 'A Challenge for Conservationists' - WorldWatch (PDF, login required) More Reader Responses to 'A Challenge for Conservationists' - WorldWatch Rights and natural resources: Contradictions - ODI People of Corn - New Internationalist Urgent action to save nature preserve - Vcrisis All Those Shining Worlds - Earthlight Rivalry for Tourists Heats Up in E. Africa - Washington Post Top 10 Best U.S. Walking Cities - APMA Ecuador en la Feria ITB - Ecuador Virtual Idealists or fools - Macleans AOL may say adios to Latin America A work of art in the air - Financial Times In Panama's jungle, new roads pit ecotourism against logging - The Seattle Times Experts Warn Ecosystem Changes Will Continue to Worsen, Putting Global Development Goals At Risk - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Vernal Equinox - Eric Weisstein/World of Astronomy
UPDATES -- Australia - Sonoran Desert - Chihuahuan Desert - Galapagos - Water - Ecotourism References - Biking in the Yucatan - Defining Ecotourism
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Rural Tourism Conference Sustainable Tourism Bank Watch Report Inter-American Development Bank Tourism Policies - Megan Epler Wood Nature Paths at the Foot of the Volcanoes - Barbara Kastelein Money Talks - Deutsche Welle (Audio) eSimposio Latinoamericano de Parques y Ecoturismo - Ecoturismolatino How to marry your sweetheart and love the planet - Grist Back from the Brink - Newsweek Brazil Indians Say Lula Govt Worst Since Army - Daily Ark Welfare in Mexico - The Horse.com Global voices speak through blogs - BBC Cultivation of Cochineal - Go Oaxaca The Queen of Angels - Go Oaxaca Politica Rural - BID Why Framing is World Changing - WorldChanging World Watch's Challenge to Environmentalists - WorldChanging City Planet - WorldChanging Spam and Phishing - Pew Interview with Sami Grover - ECOCLUB Boomer Travel in Mexico - Rodrigo Esponda/IMAC Tourism Relevance: Mexico City - Rodrigo Esponda/IMAC Rural Tourism as a Tool for Development in Mexico - Rodrigo Esponda/IMAC Ecoturismo en Costa Rica - Carlos Gómez Jaramillo/IMAC Prioridades para el desarrollo del turismo: un manual - Ron Mader/IMAC Environmental Heresies - Steward Brand/Technology Review The Seven Myths of Being a Travel Writer - Transitions Abroad The Parachute Artist - Tad Friend/The New Yorker When Members Talk Back - Personal Democracy Global demand for eco-lodges expected to rise - The Hindu Business Line Detienen en Cancún a ambientalista - Jornada
UPDATES -- Huichol Yarn Paintings - Five Golden Piojos
Oaxaca City's Zócalo Baseball in Oaxaca Visiting San Bartolo Defining Wilderness Rural Tourism Conference Latin America Trip Planner - Ron Mader/Transitions Abroad We are all Guerreros - Jon Clark/Business Mexico Designing San Diego - Voice of San Diego Town Repeals Ban on Speedos - AP Why Public Spaces Fail - PPS Marine Tourism Workshop in Venezuela - Tobias Mendelovici Dismay over Oaxaca Zócalo Renovation - Mexicanwave IDB Approves Loan to Honduras The Economic Importance of the Arts and Cultural Industries in Santa Fe County (PDF) University of New Mexico Bureau of Business Publiications Amazon Kid Style - Brazilmax.com Stock Market Tourism - Brazilmax.com Museum Reappraises Brazilian Culture - Brazilmax.com Historic center rises from the ashes - Vuelo Tejate - Go Oaxaca Historic Organ Restoration - Go Oaxaca Dominican Route - Go Oaxaca The follies of Don Eduardo - Mexicanwave Vital Signs 2005 - Worldwatch Live The Tranquilo Traveler Emoticontest - Yahoo Chile: A Mega-Trail for Ecotourism Bill Crawford on Border Blasters - NPR Toppled tree sparks protest in Oaxaca - Jon Clark/The Herald Ecuador Gets Chavezed - The Nation La Escalera Náutica, proyecto fantasma - La Jornada La Escalera Náutica, proyecto fantasma 2 - La Jornada Peligra una de las regiones más frágiles - La Jornada The Brazil Nut - Mark Aitchison/Brazilmax Bonfire - May 2005 Oaxaca Residents Battle Over Shade Trees - Los Angeles Times
UPDATES -- Writers' Guidelines - Style Guide - Market Days in Oaxaca - Central Valley Index - Ecuador - Chris French
World Environment Day Jennifer Morfín Morgan Wins 2005 Colibri Ecotourism Award Summary Available from Urban Ecotourism Conference 'Hummingbirds' gather in Xochimilco for prize giving - Mexicanwave.com City Mayors: World Environment Day 2005 Growing Cities - IPS Time is Ripe for Urban Agriculture - PPS
Sustainable Development Index Environment Latin America: The Model That Isn't Working - IPS Objetivos del Milenio - Impact Alliance Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio - ECLAC
Conversation with Burkhard Herbote Mastering the Web - Barbara Kastelein Cholula - Barbara Kastelein Questions about the Ethnotourism Project Mesoamerica Nature's Laboratory - Dominic Hamilton Store Wars Indígenas amazónicos piden detener trabajos de Petrobras - El Comercio Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America - World Bank Senderos Latinos - Ecoturismolatino Bird Guides - Nature Canada Voyager-1 Termination Shock National Sustainable Tourism Program: Honduras - IDB Latinos in Hollywood - Soll Sussman/Latino Leaders Oaxaca's Sacred Zocalo Troubled - Maribeth Mellin/San Diego Union Tribune La nueva era de las migraciones - CONAPO Notes from Guatemala - Dominic Hamilton Brazilian Birds - BrazilMax Hikes in Europe, With Your Boots on the Ground - Chris Soloman/New York Times ECOCLUB Interview: Burkhard Herbote Seminario Web: hacía un Turismo Sustentable - Ron Mader/IMAC In Mexico, Bug Cuisine - Mark Stevenson/Associated Press Honduran Town at the 'Top of the World' - Soll Sussman/SAEN Definiendo Berlín. El centro - Yaotzin Botello Multilateral Development Bank Lending through Financial Intermediaries - WRI La difusión del país despegó - Elcomercio.com
UPDATES -- Ecuador - Xochimilco - Huixquilucan - Puebla - Galapagos - Ecuador White Paper - Yoga
Exploring Mexico's Markets Exploring the Cacahuamilpa Caverns Bridges and Borders: Surveys Google Adsense - Webmaster World Tall poppy syndrome - Wikipedia Ecolodge Awards 2005 - ECOCLUB Wildlife Tourism and Conservation: The Perfect Marriage? - WTA Pese a obras inconclusas se reabre el zócalo - Jornada Love Your Country, Leave It - Travel Blackboard Passport - Lonely Planet Seven natural sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List - UNESCO Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California - UNESCO Cabins by O'Brien shows ecotourism - Tara Tuckwiller/Gazette Mail Ecosistemas Marinas - IMAC What Will it Take to Reach the Millennium Goals? - Development Gateway Oaxaca Journal Besieged but Not Silenced - New York Times Guns, Germs and Steel - PBS Top 10 Travel Books - Ron Mader/Transitions Abroad What are the BEST ways to support the local economy? - Mexico Connnect Forum (subscription) Exploring Mexico's Markets - Mexico Connnect Forum (subscription)
UPDATES -- Forest Resource Guide - NGOs in Tourism and Conservation - Guelaguetza - Caribbean - Site Map
Bridges and Borders: Top Ten Conversation with Andres Hammerman and Michelle Kirby Conversation with Sue Beeton Carrying capacity: it's time to let it go - Simon McArthur Planeta.com Releases Preliminary Results from 2005 Bird Watching Survey Review: Film-Induced Tourism Propuestas factibles para combatir graffiti - Mary Jane Gagnier de Mendoza Lucha Libre - Soll Sussman Research Query: South America Ecotourism Kenai Peninsula - David Brackney Mexico Baseball Slideshow
Oaxaca Zócalo Re-opens - Mexicanwave Latin American Traveler: Oaxaca's New Zocalo Newsletter - WorldHum The Five Live Report: Making Poverty History - BBC Junglecasts - EchoRadio Two sides of the coin in the Maya Biosphere - Latinamerica Press Chicken - Oaxacacity-streets-shops Habitantes de Zaachila pugnan por crear su museo de sitio - Jornada Un sueño cumplido: El Museo Comunitario de Zaachila - Raciel Martínez/Noticias Mexico Transit - Living on Earth Sustainable Development of Tourism e-bulletin - WTO Beach Boomers - Latin Trade CAFTA - Latin Business Chronicle Colombia Tourism - Latin Business Chronicle Una lucha por los humedales en Costa Rica - PNUD Green Light for Sanctuary - Santiago Times Airport Novel - Literature News Summit City - Tracy Warner Poachers butcher turtles for their eggs - Mexicanwave Mexico digs up Aztec sacrificial stone - Yahoo Practice - Michael Ventura/Austin Chronicle 'Junglecasts' reveal Palenque secrets - Mexicanwave Measuring a Mexican wave - Mexicanwave Flags - BrazilianArtists.net Going for the Gold - Washington Post When tourists attack - WorldHum Surely you can't be serious - WorldHum Es el Cañón del Sumidero un basurero - Terra Rio de Janeiro Neighborhood - BrazilMax The Comeback City -Joel Simon/Condé Nast Traveler Colombia apuesta por el ecoturismo - Terrra How does film-induced tourism affect a country town - Sue Beeton Top 10 Travel Books - Ron Mader/Transitions Abroad Registration Opens for Ecotourism Emerging Industry Forum - eMediaWire
The Birth of Google - Wired 10 Years That Changed the World - Wired Are you a digital citizen? - BBC Wireless War - Latin Business Chronicle GarageBand: Recording Your Podcast - Apple Podcasting - Wikipedia On-demand attitude - Editorsweblog Will MP3 players replace the guide - Chicago Tribune How to set up Google Talk on your Mac - TUAW
UPDATES -- Weather - Palenque - Wish List - Venezuela
Bridges and Borders: Citizen Journalism Rules for Writing Travel Copy - Michael Kaye Goodness Sells - Frances Figart Sylvanus Morley: The Explorer Who Put Chichen Itza on the Map - Jeanine Kitchel Nine Reasons Why I Like El Paso - Soll Sussman Foro de la Industria Emergente de Ecoturismo Simposio - Ministério do Turismo (Brazil) Vanishing Point Travel Sunbeams - The Sun (PDF) Ecotourism on the rise in Bolivia - BBC The Secret to Terrific Trips? Start Surfing - Ranch & Coast Gilt-edged adventure - IHT Where the Money Is - Newsweek Central America Consensus Needed - Latin Business Chronicle Real-Time Guided Tour of BrazilMax Millennium Goals - Guardian National Geographic Channel - Megacities Week Chacho - Jon Clark The Green List - Conde Nast Traveler The Secret to Terrific Trips? Start Surfing - Ranch & Coast Reciclaje - IMAC Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation - BioPlatform E-Conference Taming the Mind through Sitting Meditation This is going to hurt - Flickr Practices of Mindfulness Flickr signup: From human to droid - 37 Signals The ECOCLUB Interview: Elliot Helman The Earth moved under my feet - Mexicanwave Take a Hike - WSJ MIF Approves Funds for Galapagos Islands "Lost" Wins Emmy, Inspires Travel - World Hum Are you a local? - Worldchanging
UPDATES -- Sumidero Canyon - CYTED Spotlight - Awards - Huatulco - Recycling
Resolution for National Passport Month - Lonely Planet Endorsements Bill Status - U.S. Congress National Passport Information Center
Ecotourism Emerging Industry Forum Environmental Research and Reporting in Latin America Mexico News Dictionary Gardening Notebook Where to Eat in Puebla City Celebrate the Day of the Dead with Rugby in Oaxaca Tule Tree (slideshow) Zion National Park (slideshow) The Memory of Water - Flickr La Caja de Agua - Criterios Axolotl - Wikipedia Rugby in Oaxaca - Thorn Tree Warning to tourists - Flickr Keynote Speech - Alejandero Junco de la Vega/AEJMC Toledo Wins Alternative Nobel - Mexicanwave Ohio County Project Globalization - Latin Business Chronicle Bush Administration Increasingly Isolated on Venezuela - Mark Weisbrot/CEPR Wildlife refuges worth $1.4 billion to economy - Marketwatch you know youve been on flickr too long - Flickr Citizen Journalism: To Profit or Not to Profit? - Poynter Take it outside Emerging Industry Conference - TreeHugger The Colonial Road to Petrópolis - Brazilmax.com "Survivor: Guatemala" - Poynter Things to come - The Austin Chronicle El asalto al patrimonio cultural - Jornada International Vernacular Colloquium 2005 Festival Cervantino 2005 - Mexicanwave Hawaii Ecotourism, Budget Travel A Perfect Match Says Oregon Mexico: Righting the scales - Economist Ecuador faces more instability - Reuters Hotel Closures - Mexicanwave Brazilian Sex Workers Don’t Mourn - BrazilMax Tourism versus beachfront isolationism in Mexico Selective Logging Fails to Sustain Rainforest Amazon rainforest vanishing at twice rate of previous estimates Extensive damage to Amazon - Newsday El hambre por el escándalo y la manipulación de los medios (acompañada de pobres prácticas periodísticas - Eduardo Garcia/Sentido Común
UPDATES -- Agriculture - Borderland Environmental News - Biodiversity - Healing the Disconnect - Poverty - Day of the Dead - Latin America Media Project - Defending the Tourists - Tule Tree - Cajamarca
Ecotourism Emerging Industry Forum Forum Summary: Week 1 Forum Summary: Week 2 Forum Summary: Week 3 Forum FAQ Exploring Mexico City Markets Celebrating Day of the Dead in Mexico globalize yourself (slideshow) Day of the Dead (slideshow) Ciudadela (slideshow) Follow the Arrow - Flickr Cordillera Blanca - Dominic Hamilton Analysts question value of Summit of the Americas - CBC Please re-use your towel - Thorn Tree Stepping Up: Creating a Sustainable Tourism Enterprise Strategy that Delivers in the Developing World - Megan Epler Wood (PDF) Curitiba, Brazil: Urban Renewal - BrazilMax Bush rebuked by the hand of God - Independent Ecotourism company makes the Green List - Melissa DeVaughn/ADN Responsible Tourism: Your Job Too - Tim Leffel Saving Machu Picchu - Tim Leffel/Transitions Abroad The Mayan Photo Album - Steve Bridger 'Defending the Tourists' - World Hum Nicaragua Wants to Lure Tourists - Douglas Hanks/Miami Herald Cancun - Houston Chronicle Mexico in bid to revive rail system - CNN Finding your ‘inner tortoise' - The Globe and Mail Ecotourism: The hip way to travel has gone eco - Nation Mexico in bid to revive rail system - CNN A land of poverty and beauty - StatesmanJournal.com Quality Manifesto - Tim Porter Brazil - Certification Heads Meet - ECOCLUB National Park - Answers.com DANTEI Resources Francisco Toledo - Go Oaxaca Mel Gibson to leave film sets in Mexico - UPI Solutions for Travel - Google Best Picture of 2005 - Flickr
UPDATES -- Artesania Guide - Awards - Financing Sustainable Tourism - Many Roads to Peace - Monterrey - San Bartolo - Wales - Writers' Guidelines - Cancún - Mexico City Transportation - Democracy and the Trees - Honduras' Expatriates Bar - Costa Rica's Macaws
Calendar Download Radish Night Fair Trade in Travel Writing and Photography After the Hurricane - Jeanine Kitchel Ecotourism Forum: Week 3 Ecotourism Forum Highlights Ecotourism Forum Reflections Ecotourism Forum Survey Dates Announced for Rural Tourism Fair Best of Oaxaca Survey 2005 Ecotourism Glossary Channel View Publications launch open access archive of back issues afterwilma.info Sustainable Travel - Lonely Planet "Think Smart. Travel Slow" - Stone Grooves Sustainable tourism: making tourism work for the poor - Eldis The Illegal Logging Crisis in Honduras - EIA Gaceta Ecológica 75 - INE Eco-Tourism's Many Victims - Thorn Tree Travellers reject sustainable tourism - Travelmole Quito's New Teleférico - John Mithcell Conservation Refugees: When Protecting Nature Means Kicking People Out - Mark Dowie/Orion Goodbye to pro-poor tourism - Surendra Bhakta Pradhananga/PeaceJournalism More Peace, More Tourism - Kamala Sarup/PeaceJournalism Where do you want to go birding today? Tamayo, Oaxaqueño Universal - Go Oaxaca Sustainable Tourism: Sustainable Tourism Certification Living Abroad in Costa Rica Living Abroad in Costa Rica Birdwatching Trip Report from Mexico, Yucatan and Chiapas Mozambique: World Bank boosts conservation and ecotourism - Alertnet RSS Feed - BBC Puerto Morelos Recovers International Arctic Programme - WWF Record Wireless Sales - Joachim Bamrud/Latin Business Chronicle Black Sheep Inn Wins Award - PR Web Manuel Antonio Environmental Defense Blog Google Transit - Worldchanging Ecotourism at Twentysomething - Oliver Hillel (powerpoint) Mexico battles theft of religious art - Susan Ferriss/Austin American Statesman The Trade and Environmental Effects of Ecolabels: Assessment and Response (PDF)
SPOTLIGHT ON INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY
International Mountain Day - Planeta Forum International Mountain Day - FAO
UPDATES -- Holiday Gifts - Seminars - Guide to Open Space Technology - Garden Notebook - Reviewing National Tourism Portals: What Countries Say about Tourism and Ecotourism - Travel in the Age of Internet - Writers' Guidelines - Citizen Journalism - Sumidero Canyon - Ecotourism Reference Index - Conference Index - Green a Conference - Presentations and Consulting - Spotlight on international financial institutions and sustainable tourism - Spotlight on NGOs in Tourism and Conservation - Anthropology Museum - Basilica of Guadalupe
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