In this video, members of Tanzania’s indigenous Hadza community talk about their deep connection to their forest as their home, cultural identity, and future. They talk about their roles in protecting the forest through the Yaeda-Eyasi Landscape carbon offset project and why this project is vital for more than just...
In this video, Moses Sigiligi, a Hadza elder, explains that before the Yaeda-Eyasi carbon offset project, their community struggled to prevent incursions into their ancestral forest. With the revenue from carbon offset sales, they have trained village game scouts to protect their forest and how different community benefits have been...
SEATTLE, WA (June 5, 2024) – Today, Sustainable Travel International released Part 2 of the second season of its Sustainable Travel: Where Next? documentary series in honor of World Environment Day. The four new episodes once again feature inspiring initiatives that are transforming tourism’s impact in destinations around the world,...
The St. Kitts Ministry of Tourism is developing a Destination Climate Action Plan in partnership with Sustainable Travel International. BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (May 31, 2024) – This week, the Caribbean island of St. Kitts signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism reaffirming the destination’s commitment to sustainable and...
Sea turtles have been an important part of ocean ecosystems since the age of the dinosaurs. Humans and turtles have interacted for thousands of years, with drawings of ancient turtles found in early cave paintings. Today, human-turtle interactions are more complicated than ever as humans overload nesting beaches, chase turtles...
Sea turtles have long captivated tourists worldwide. Spotting one of these majestic creatures is often the highlight of coastal vacations. But sadly, sea turtles are rapidly disappearing from our oceans. Six of the seven species of sea turtle are listed as vulnerable or endangered. This blog explores fascinating facts about...