Plataran L’Harmonie Menjangan in Bali’s west is built from the ground up to interface with the nearby National Park’s natural ecosystems and indigenous wildlife species, as well as sustaining the local community and culture.
Pearl Farm Beach Resort - Aquaculture Tourism on Samal Island
Apani Dhani Eco-Lodge: Preserving Local Cultures and Heritage, India
How To Involve Locals in Scuba Dive Operations for Sustainability
No Dive Centre Is an Island. In this new piece, written especially for Gaia Discovery and adapted from a chapter in his book Scuba Professional, Simon Pridmore reveals that running a successful dive centre or resort, especially in a remote location, involves far more than just taking people diving. Among other things, you have to integrate local residents in your dive operation at ALL levels and focus your conservation efforts on people, not just fish and reefs.
The Gods of Timor Leste
The Whale Sharks of Cendrawasih Bay
Puerto Princesa Underground River, Karst Formation: Nature's Wonder
Until the discovery of an underground river in Mexico ’s Yucatan Peninsula in 2007, the 8.2-kilometer long Puerto Princesa Subterranean River was reputed to be the world’s longest underground river.
The underground river arises approximately 2 kilometers south-west of Mount Saint Paul at an altitude of 100 meters. “The subterranean river is the park’s main calling card, and it passes through a mystical limestone cave before emptying into the South China Sea ,” UNESCO said.
A Greener Philippines Through Zero Carbon Resorts
Global warming, an environmental threat unlike any the world has faced, is thought to be caused by an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases spewed into the atmosphere through human activities. So how do some resorts operate, without further harming mother nature? A review of two Phillipine resorts.
Eco-friendly Amarela Resort's Boholano Heritage
Committed to heritage and low impact hospitality services, Amarela Resort is a charming eco-resort perched on the Panglao Island coastline of the Philippines. An old Visayas art form - Boholano - is revived in a number of ways here, and the environment is given tender loving care as well, reviews Gaia Discovery.
Tour de Timor 2011 Over Six Days
Krabi’s Centara Resort Sustainability Review: Green Globe From Bronze to Gold
Krabi’s Centara is just one of the few hotel and chain resorts under Centara’s portfolio to undergo a green wave of change by participating in a global benchmarking scheme through Green Globe to attain sustainability and promote awareness with its employees and stakeholders. The other four properties to also do so are Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld, Sofitel Centara Grand Resort & Villa Hua Hin, Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui and Centara Karon Resort Phuket.