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EXPLORING ECOTOURISM

Directory of Recommended Web Forums, Bulletin Boards and Portals
by Ron Mader

PLANETA FORUM

Index and review of interactive Web forums, bulletin boards and portals.

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ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Planeta.com's Directory of Recommended Web forums, Bulletin Boards and Portals is one of the oldest resources on our site. We first developed this index in 1995 and shared it with like-minded colleagues. Since then we have seen the development of a slew of new technologies. Welcome to Web 1, 2, 3!

We are partial to communication tools that allow public access to archives and encourage visitors to post topics and respond to what others have written.


 

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g Planeta

Tourism, environment and culture

guidelines

Search

 

english, spanish

mixed

no editing

members

mixed

 

b Ecoclub

Ecotourism

guidelines

 

 

english

mixed

 

members

mixed

 

b Green Traveller

Ecotourism

 

 

 

english

free

 

members

anyone

 

b Green-Travel

Green travel

guidelines

Search

RSS/XML

english

free

no editing

members

anyone

Archive

b Irresponsible Tourism

tourism, ethics

guidelines

 

 

english

free

 

members

anyone

 

b Mexico Connect

Mexico

guidelines

 

 

english

pay

editing

members

members

 

b TIES

Ecotourism

 

 

 

english

free

editing

members

anyone

 

b Thorn Tree

Travel

terms

 

 

english

free

no editing

members

mixed

 

b Development Gateway

Development

terms

 

 

english

free

no editing

members

anyone

 

b Eldis

Development

policy

 

 

english

free

no editing

members

anyone

 

b Mountain Forum

Mountains

policies

 

 

english, spanish

free

no editing

members

anyone

 

b StepUp Travel Sustainable tourism invitation

 

 

english free no editing members members  

b BrazilMax

Brazil

help

 

 

english, portuguese

free

 

members

anyone

 

b TravelMole

tourism

 

 

 

english

free

no editing

members

members

 

b World Hum

Travel

submissions

 

 

english

free

no editing

anyone

anyone

 

b World Changing

Development

guidelines

 

 

english

free

no editing

anyone

anyone

 

b IMAC

Development

 

 

 

spanish, english

free

editing

members

anyone

 


LEGEND

1 - What is the focus of the forum or portal?
2 - Does the forum have guidelines for posting?
3 - Search
4 - RSS/XML
5 - What language(s) are used?
6 - Is the forum free or fee-based?
7 - Can members edit their posts?
8 - Who can post?
9 - Who can read the messages?
10 - Are messages archived off-site?

COMMENTS

Development Gateway - Comments may be submitted by members and then reviewed by editors, who may take up to six months to approve posts.


OTHER FORUMS

b Apple
b Flyer Talk
b TravelTalk
b Fodors
b Academic Traveler Forum
b Go Oaxaca
b South African Travel Forum (Travelcomments)
b Viva Travel Guides
RECOMMENDED FORUMS

PORTALS

b Transitions Abroad

SCREENSHOTS

g Green-travel
g Transitions Abroad


AUTHOR

Ron Mader is the Latin America correspondent for Transitions Abroad and host of the award-winning Planeta.com website.


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