[Video] Rio Preto Jacundá Project Overview
November 6, 2024
SEATTLE, WA (September 4, 2024) – Today, Sustainable Travel International announced the upcoming release of Season 3 of its short-form documentary series, Sustainable Travel: Where Next?, set to premiere in 2025. This season of the series will be produced in partnership with BlackRook Media, a leading name in innovative media...
Overtourism is transforming iconic travel destinations into overcrowded and stressed-out hotspots. These “overloved” locations are struggling with an influx of visitors, resulting in congested streets, strained infrastructure, degraded environments, diminished visitor experiences, and unhappy residents. Addressing this issue requires a multifaceted approach. Dispersing the load is one part of the...
Tourism can stimulate economic growth, foster cultural exchange, and support conservation efforts that protect the world’s most remarkable places. However, when tourism development is poorly managed, unchecked growth can overwhelm destinations, and detrimentally impact the environment, local communities, and visitor experience. This issue, known as overtourism, is an urgent challenge...
The Bird Nest Guardian Program, a part of the Keo Seima carbon offset project, provides benefits to locals who ensure the safe nesting of endangered birds. Participants patrol nesting areas to prevent poaching or logging efforts during chick season, document new nests, and count the number of baby birds raised...
Reforestation efforts funded by the Keo Seima carbon offset project took place between April 2022 and March 2024. Twenty families were provided with equipment and funds to raise 63,000 seedlings of different tree species. To date, 32,000 trees have been planted in previously deforested areas throughout the wildlife sanctuary. The...
This video highlights the Community Savings Group initiative, which was established with the help of the Keo Seima carbon offset project. Local business owners were trained in savings and business development techniques to establish savings groups within their communities. Members help each other save money to meet their business goals...