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El Planeta Platica (The Earth Speaks):
Eco Travels in the Americas
ISSN 1089-8395
Volume 4, Number 2
Honduras Unplugged
May 1997

Central America's greenest gem, Honduras offers a hundred options for any eco traveler. This is the most mountainous country in Central America.

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FEATURES

g Visiting La Muralla - Craig Perham
Only ten years old, this national park has one of the better infrastructures in Honduras, allowing visitors the opportunity to experience the richness of Honduran tropical forests.

g Digging 3,000 Years into the Past - Timothy Berg
The author has always enjoyed exploring new terrain, although he never dreamed he would be part of an archaeological find and an adventure of such importance.

g Ecotourism in El Carbon - Kevin Postma and Kate Thomson
This Olancho site has great potential as an eco/ethnic tourism website, run by the Pech themselves.

g Joint Effort to Save Lagoons, Livelihoods in Honduras - TCNB
On the northern coast, Jeannette Kawas National Park is named after a famous Honduran environmentalist.

g Tropical Butterfly Farm and Gardens - Robert Gallardo
Robert Gallardo has created a display of live butterflies where you can relax in a swimming hole, birdwatch and much more.

g Bahia de Trujillo: Refineria o Ecoturismo - Jaime Bustillo y Suyapa Dominguez
Contratio a lo que opinan algunos, el ecoturismo y la presencia de una refineria en el mismo lugar, NO SON COMPATIBLES.

g Visitor Information for the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve - Arden Anderson
Recent travel information from La Mosquitia.

g Working Notes from La Ceiba Conference (04/96)
Previously featured on this website, here are the notes from 1996 conference on ecotourism.


ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

Kudos to the fine webmasters and hosts of other content-rich websites focusing on Honduras


BRIDGES AND BORDERS

g Email - According to net watchers, email, not websites, is THE driving force on the internet. Most people still use their email accounts to request information. And businesses, government agencies and environmental groups alike are at a loss for knowing how to provide this information.


RESEARCH

g A Guide for Ecotourism Operators - Judy Karwacki
g Environmentally Sensitive Hotels - Kimberly Moffitt and David Engeldrum
g Community Based Ecotourism and Community Building: The Case of the Lacandones (Chiapas) - Axel Kersten
g Tourism and regional development in Mexico and Chiapas after NAFTA - Axel Kersten
g Mapping Out Calakmul - Cynthia Brink and Laray Polk
g Conservation and Development in Argentina - Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel

OTROS VIAJES

g Nazca: Misteriosos dibujos rituales, visibles desde lo alto - Armin Gomez
g Zona del Silencio, puerta del universo - Armin Gomez


All stories copyrighted. Contact authors directly if you want permission to reprint an article.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to extend my gratitude to the following eclectic group for their encouragement and correspondence that provided direct or indirect inspiration in the creation of this and recent issues of El Planeta Platica: Derek Parent, John Shores, Syntia Soloman, Mary Uebersax, Mark Walker

Music That Helped Put This Issue Together: Bodeans - Go Slow Down, Songs of the Spirit, Kronos Quartet - Performs Philip Glass, Fobia - Amor Chiquito


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