by Gary Chandler | Jul 10, 2020 | Ecotourism, Wildlife Tourism
Tourism Can Promote Conservation Ecotours are emerging across Indonesia. They offer an alternative way of travel for those seeking more responsible travel for their vacations. Several non-profit organizations have created tours that help their cause directly or simply...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 2, 2019 | Ecotourism, Wildlife Tourism
Bali, Borneo and Beyond And Beyond Indonesia is home to the second‑largest rainforest in the world, but it’s going fast. As a result, the country has more endangered species than any other nation in the world. Indonesia’s forests contain an estimated 4,000 species of...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 1, 2017 | Ecotourism, Wildlife Tourism
Deforestation Threatens Biodiversity, Ecotourism By Kelly Dinardo, New York Times It was the orangutan’s eyes that first struck Biruté Mary Galdikas. “They look very human,” said Dr. Galdikas, an anthropologist and the president of Orangutan Foundation International....
by Gary Chandler | May 1, 2016 | Ecotourism, Wildlife Tourism
Saving Indonesia’s Rainforests Six indigenous communities have launched an ecotourism initiative that would show off their ancestral forests. They hope to develop alternate economic models that local governments in Indonesia could embrace, other than extractive...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 14, 2015 | Ecotourism, Wildlife Tourism
Indonesia’s Endangered Species Indonesian indigenous communities launched a project this week to encourage foreign tourism in ancestral forests to slow the advance of logging operations and palm oil plantations. The Green Indonesia non-governmental...