Happy Birthday! El Planeta Platica begins its third year of publication with this issue and second full year on the World Wide Web.
El Planeta Platica is a quarterly journal aimed at conscientious travelers interested in Latin America. Stories feature travel and environmental information (sometimes intersecting in the field called "ecotourism." Businesses and foundations should consider sponsoring these pages; consult the Rate Card.
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Ron Mader, Publisher
El Planeta Platica: Eco Travels in the Americas
Ecotourism and Coffee fields in Oaxaca - James Kitts
Chihuahua's Ecological Haven - Cyrus Reed
Cyrus promotes ejido-based ecotourism outside of Chihuahua's Copper Canyon.
Ecuador's Maquipucuna Reserve
Adventure in Chirije, Ecuador
Environmental Law in Ecuador - Byron Real (Espa–ol)
Honduras: Diving and SOS
Down the River
Costa Rica: Contracts for Forest Conservation - TCNB Managua's Languishing Lagoons - TCNB Broadcasting Paraguay's Environmental Problems - TCNB Will the Mexican Wolf Survive? - TCNB Guatemala: Scarlet Macaw Ecotourism Trail - CI Defending the Land of the Jaguar: Natural History of Mexico Discovering Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands Recommended Reading List of Spanish Language Schools Sustainable Development in the Americas
In light of the upcoming conference on Ecotourism and Conservation in Central America, I'd like to request Central America-specific materials for the next issue. Please take the time to peruse this journal and if you can, answer the Question of the Issue:
I'd like to take this opportunity to extend my gratitude to the following eclectic group for their encouragement and correspondence that allowed me to produce this and recent issues of El Planeta Platica: David Barkin, Ingrid and David Berger, Mark Beyeler, Harry Browne, Tom Brosnahan, Jeff Brauer, Tom Buckley, Joe Bundy, Calvin and Hobbes, Ron Casela, Bill Christianson, Diane and Chris, Pilar Davila, Adrian Demayo, the Democratic Process, Ann Dibble, Tom Ellis, EPA, ETNA, ETC., Tom Ellis, Jeff Evans, Eric Fajer, Carla and Herb Felsted, Cecilia Figueroa, Florida Environments, Agustin Galindo, Cynthia Goodner-Bock, Ronda Green, Greg Green (somewhere in Costa Rica), Jorge Giraldez-Benard de Granada, Margo Gutierrez, Greg Hale, Daniel Hernandez, Sarah Hernandez, The Institute of Latin American Studies (Austin), ISO 14000 Fans, Fernando Justicia, Sergio Legoreta, Jackie Lockett, Justin Longo, Manny Lorenzo, Macintosh - Live Long and Prosper, Manny Lorenzo, Richard Luger, Maura Mack, Jerry Mallet, Raul Marco del Pont, Barbara and John Mader, Francisco Madrid, Richard Mahler, Brad Martin, Deidre Meaker, City of Miami, Fernando Mino, Gustavo Morales, Randy Loftis, Rocio Noriega Pinner, Office Depot (for all those empty boxes!), Yvette Ogle, Derek Parent, Rob Rachowieki, Cyrus and Rosa Reed, Blanca Robleda, Jose Sanchez de la Pena, Rene Ramos, Timmons Roberts, Secret Meetings at Border Institutions, SEJ, Syntia Solomon, Mark Spalding, Texas Environmental News, Mary Uebersax, U-Haul, Vizcaya, Johannes Werner, Sandy Wiseman, Peter Young, Susan Zakin
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