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The Equator Initiative, a public-private group, is publicizing examples of sustainable development in the equatorial belt. Among the projects already cited are one to help restore marine fisheries in Fiji and another that promotes beekeeping as a source of supplementary income in rural Kenya. The Global Conservation Trust hopes...
Business is getting right with the environment too. The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, based in Washington, is working with auto and oil giants including Ford, Chevron, Texaco and Shell to draft guidelines for incorporating biodiversity conservation into oil and gas exploration. And the center has helped Starbucks develop...
In the wide world of socially responsible travel, one of the cardinal rules has long been "Take only pictures, leave only footprints." After reading academic Rosaleen Duffy's critical analysis of the impacts of "ethical," nature-based tourism, A Trip Too Far - Ecotourism, Politics & Exploitation (Earthscan; 210 pages), altruistic souls...
But are they? Federal breathlessness notwithstanding, plenty of fish experts are wondering what all the fuss is about. Is it the snakehead that's out of control or simply the hype? And in making an example of this one nonindigenous species, is the government letting other, more menacing ones walk...
Given the Amazon's size, it is unlikely that these monkeys will be the last of its secrets. Says co-discoverer Russell Mittermeier, president of Conservation International: "We've got some monkeys in cages that we know are new species. We just haven't described them yet."