Creating a new global ecotourism destination in the rainforests of GabonEntry Title: Creating a new global ecotourism destination in the rainforests of Gabon
City: Libreville
Country: Gabon
Project Description:
A Vision for Gabon: Tourism, Parks and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, has been a collective effort involving conservation NGOs, private ...
The Story:
Our story is a collective one. In that I have been the glue that stuck various initiatives together I (Lee White) am the figurehead of this application. In 2002, inspired by the incredible images ... Wildlife Conservation Society
| Gabon |
Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Eco-Agritourism NetworkEntry Title: Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries Eco-Agritourism Network
City: Elounda
Country: Greece
Project Description:
CCS organizes extraordinary cultural-culinary seminars for small groups. Our all-local network of professional organic farmers, chefs, historians, ...
The Story:
Message from CCS Founder Nikki Rose: Cultural-culinary heritage preservation has been my focus for over 20 years. I trained to become a professional chef and have worked with many extraordinarily ... Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries
| Greece |
To enhance our ability to support community and environmental objectives Entry Title: To enhance our ability to support community and environmental objectives
City: Male'
Country: Maldives
Project Description:
Please see above for full details of our program. In short, the internationally-recognized Banyan Tree Maldives Marine Lab is part of a larger ...
The Story:
Mr. Abdul Azeez Abdul Hakeem. Director of Conservation. Created the Banyan Tree Maldives Marine Lab and oversees all environmental and humanitarian projects for all Banyan Tree properties throughout ... Banyan Tree nominated by Canopus Maldives
| Maldives |
The Great Baikal Trail: the first system of hiking trails in all of RussiaEntry Title: The Great Baikal Trail: the first system of hiking trails in all of Russia
City: Irkutsk
Country: Russia
Project Description:
The Great Baikal Trail will allow access to parts of Lake Baikal that are now beyond the reach of most visitors. Only five percent of the lakeshores ...
The Story:
Siberia is a place of legend for all Russians. Lake Baikal, the pearl of Siberia, is the cradle of history for this part of the world. Genghis Khan was born near here, and many native tribes have ... Great Baikal Trail
| Russia |
Bhutan: Geotourism as National PolicyEntry Title: Bhutan: Geotourism as National Policy
City: Thimpu
Country: Bhutan
Project Description:
Tourism in Bhutan is driven by the concept of Gross National Happiness by placing the interests of the common people at the center of development. ...
The Story:
Bhutan opened its doors to tourism only in 1974. Having seen the negative effects that mass tourism could bring to the environment and culture of a country Bhutan was very cautious from the ... Tourism Board of Bhutan
| Bhutan |
Ladakh Homestays- transforming local mindsets towards snow leopardsEntry Title: Ladakh Homestays- transforming local mindsets towards snow leopards
City: Leh-Ladakh
Country: India
Project Description:
The Ladakh Himalayan Homestays offer you a unique opportunity to stay with, and share the culture of Himalayan people in remote villages, while ...
The Story:
It was during 1999 while working with the International Snow leopard Trust that we conducted a livestock depredation survey to understand the root cause of conflicts between herding communities and ... Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust
| India |
Evason Phuket Eco Trail Entry Title: Evason Phuket Eco Trail
City: Phuket
Country: Thailand
Project Description:
The Evason Phuket Eco Trail takes visitors on a journey through the heart-of-the-house
of the resort. Local school groups, local communities and ...
The Story:
Evason Phuket & Six Senses Spa follows Six Senses Resorts & Spas core purpose: “To
create innovative and enriching experiences in a sustainable environment.” The Resort
has developed an ... Evason Phuket & Six Senses Spa
| Thailand |
Eco-health farms: Creating alternatives to mass tourismEntry Title: Eco-health farms: Creating alternatives to mass tourism
City: Kuldigas raj
Country: Latvia
Project Description:
The most important element of the EHF program is harmony between nature, the environment, and health in a traditional rural atmosphere- the ...
The Story:
In 1987 my husband and I joined other like-minded people to found the local chapter of the Latvian Popular Front to organize people to fight for Latvia’s independence, and became actively involved ... Eco-Health Farms
| Latvia |
Chumbe Island Coral Park: helping save the coral reefs of TanzaniaEntry Title: Chumbe Island Coral Park: helping save the coral reefs of Tanzania
City: Zanzibar
Country: Tanzania
Project Description:
Chumbe Island Coral Park Ltd. (CHICOP) is a private nature reserve that was developed from 1991 for the conservation and sustainable management of ...
The Story:
When arriving in the small Tanzanian port town Tanga in 1982 to manage a donor-funded school reform project, I developed a particular fascination for the incredible beauty of the fringing coral ... Chumbe Island Coral Park, Ltd.
| Tanzania |
Community Gardens, Culinary TourEntry Title: Community Gardens, Culinary Tour
City: Giraudel
Country: Dominica
Project Description:
Background
Small rural communities often remain in the backwater of national development efforts in many poor countries as the attention seems to ...
The Story:
Over the past 35 years, I have worked with small farmers and farm workers in several Caribbean and Latin American countries as well as West and East Africa, developing ways of combining strategies ... Exotica Cottages
| Dominica |
PHINDA - PIONEERING RETURN TO WILDLIFE & COMMUNITY OWNERSHIPEntry Title: PHINDA - PIONEERING RETURN TO WILDLIFE & COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP
City: Richards Bay
Country: South Africa
Project Description:
Just 17 years ago the land of Phinda was degraded under poor agriculture. Today Phinda contains over 46000 acres of Big Five reserve, 7 distinct ...
The Story:
I didn't come up with the concept of Phinda - it was somebody elses dream. But it was so powerful that it drew me (and my wife!) away from our own tourism business based in the Cape to be part of it. ... CC Africa
| South Africa |
Using tourism as a conservation tool to protect people and natureEntry Title: Using tourism as a conservation tool to protect people and nature
City: Andavadoaka (Tulear)
Country: Madagascar
Project Description:
Blue Ventures is an award-winning not-for-profit that partners with local communities to conserve threatened marine habitats and resources for the ...
The Story:
Blue Ventures is an award-winning not-for-profit that partners with local communities to conserve threatened marine habitats and resources for the betterment of people and nature. Funded almost ... Blue Ventures Conservation
| Madagascar |
Wildlife Conservation Society, 
Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust, 
Rios Tropicales Lodge , 
Blue Ventures Conservation, 
Tourism Board of Bhutan, 
Banyan Tree nominated by Canopus Maldives, 
Yachana Foundation, 
3 Sisters Adventure Trekking, 
Chumbe Island Coral Park, Ltd. , 
Exotica Cottages, 
Crete's Culinary Sanctuaries, 
CC Africa, 
Great Baikal Trail, 
Evason Phuket & Six Senses Spa, 
Eco-Health Farms, 
