Photo: NASA Goddard, Sunny Day in Ireland (Some rights reserved) Planeta.com is updating our guide to Wild Ireland – the island’s biodiversity, wildlife, parks and protected areas and the opportunities for ecotourism, conscious, local, Indigenous, and responsible travel. Relevant additions and suggestions are welcome. HeadlinesIrish biodiversity crisis: ‘You’ve got more of a say than just …
India flag Planeta.com is updating our guide to Wild India – the country’s biodiversity, wildlife, parks and protected areas and the opportunities for ecotourism, conscious, local, Indigenous, and responsible travel. Relevant additions and suggestions are welcome. HeadlinesExperts flag concern over easing of guidelines – Hindustan TimesThe environment law that mobilised two million IndiansThe wildlife map …
Photo: Peter Prehn, Bristlecone at Great Basin NP, (Some rights reserved) Planeta.com is updating our guide to Wild Nevada – the state’s biodiversity, wildlife, parks and protected areas and the opportunities for ecotourism, conscious, local, Indigenous, and responsible travel. Relevant additions and suggestions are welcome. HeadlinesHow a fight over transgender rights derailed environmentalists in Nevada …
Photo: Tchami, Maldives (Some rights reserved) Wild = not domesticated or cultivated Western Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere Planeta.com
Photo: Bruno Jargot, Village of Arvieux (Some rights reserved) Planeta.com is updating our guide to Wild France – the country’s biodiversity, wildlife, parks and protected areas and the opportunities for ecotourism, conscious, local, Indigenous, and responsible travel. Relevant additions and suggestions are welcome. Wikipedia: The national parks of France is a system of ten national …
Photo: Tom Saunders, Sunset (Some rights reserved) The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) extends along 150 miles (240 km) the U.S.–Canada border in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota. Key LinksUSDA Forest Servicesavetheboundarywaters.org – @savethebwca Google Mapsgoo.gl/maps/41Ba4PpEsYsGRKWy6 The combined region of the BWCAW, Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park, and Ontario’s Quetico and La Verendrye …
Photo: USFWHQ, Arctic Wildlife (Some rights reserved) Wilderness = an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region Recommended Listening Big Ideas: The Wilderness Myth – As Australia’s population expands wild places shrink. To protect the remaining patches we want to lock it up and keep people out. But what exactly is wilderness? Is it a place untouched …
Photo: ccdoh1, Liffey Falls (Some rights reserved) The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area protects one of the last true wilderness regions on Earth and covers approximately 1,584,000 hectares and represents about 1/5 of the area of the island state of Tasmania. The area is formally recognized through World Heritage listing as being part of the world’s …
Photo: NPS/Emily Hassell, Joshua Tree (Some rights reserved) Planeta.com is updating our guide to Wild USA – the country’s biodiversity, parks and protected areas, wildlife, and the opportunities conscious, local, Indigenous, and responsible travel. We spotlight ecotourism warts and all in this 20th anniversary of the International Year of Ecotourism. Relevant additions and suggestions are …
Photo: David Ceballos, Desfiladero de Papallacta (Some rights reserved) Planeta.com is updating our guide to Wild Ecuador – the country’s biodiversity, wildlife, parks and protected areas and the opportunities for ecotourism, conscious, local, Indigenous, and responsible travel. Relevant additions and suggestions are welcome. HeadlinesUna reserva fronteriza, en gestación – El ComercioPerú y Ecuador establecerán primera …