Ecotourism Activities and Types
January 8, 2026
When people picture ecotourism, they often imagine walking through rainforests dense with vegetation, diving into the deep blue to observe marine wildlife, or hiking mountain
Skip to content When people picture ecotourism, they often imagine walking through rainforests dense with vegetation, diving into the deep blue to observe marine wildlife, or hiking mountain
As record-breaking sargassum blooms overwhelm coastlines in Mexico, the Sargassum Recovery for Clean Coasts project intercepts the seaweed before it decays and releases methane. Collected
In this video, members of Tanzania’s Indigenous Datooga and Hadza communities share how the Yaeda-Eyasi carbon offset project has helped them protect their land and
Our fourth Climate Impact Portfolio of 2025, released on December 17, 2025, supports seven carbon offset projects around the world. Read on to learn more
The world is a remarkable place — from the snowy peak of Mount Everest to the darkest depths of the Mariana Trench, and all the
“Tourism shouldn’t buy offsets—it should just reduce its emissions.” It’s a common refrain, but it oversimplifies a complex challenge. Offsets aren’t a loophole or an
Salt marshes are some of the most fascinating yet overlooked coastal landscapes. Stretching between land and sea, these wetlands are alive with movement, from shifting tides and rustling grasses to the calls of wading birds. For travelers wandering boardwalk trails or paddling through tidal creeks, salt marshes offer a different...
Hidden beneath the ocean’s surface lies one of Earth’s most important ecosystems. Seagrass is a marine plant that grows in shallow coastal waters, forming underwater meadows known as seagrass beds. These landscapes feed sea turtles, dugongs, and even sharks, while sheltering a diverse array of fish and small organisms. These...
From subalpine conifer forests to lush tropical rainforests, forests cover nearly one-third of the earth’s land surface. But as people burn and chop down massive amounts of trees, this forest coverage is rapidly dwindling. In 2020, a football field-sized area of tropical forest was lost every four seconds. As our...
Blue Carbon refers to the carbon dioxide captured and stored by the world’s ocean and coastal ecosystems. Think of it as the ocean’s version of a carbon-storing forest; but instead of trees on land, the plant life in the sea includes mangroves, seagrass, and salt marshes. Although they cover less...
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