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Category : Climate Change

  • A Shark’s Tail

    Adventure Asia Climate Change Disaster Recovery Video
    24. June 2016

    Marco D. Biemann and his British friend and underwater camera man Tony Exall produced a short documentary about how tourism – and in particular the Tresher Shark Tourism – saved the livelihood of the entire island community of

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  • Jason deCaires Taylor: An Underwater Art Museum, Teeming with Life

    Adventure Best Practices Climate Change Conservation Environment Sustainability
    27. February 2016

    For sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the ocean is more than a muse — it’s an exhibition space and museum. Taylor creates sculptures of human forms and mundane life on land and sinks them to the ocean floor, where they are subsumed by the

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  • Resettlements

    Asia Best Practices Climate Change Culture Disaster Recovery Empowerment Rebuilding Science SIDS
    23. February 2016

    According to Le De (2011, p.121), relocating communities after a disaster can have more negative effects for the population than benefits and may actually increase their vulnerability: “Recent examples such as the Indian Ocean tsunami affecting

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  • Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)

    Asia Climate Change Disaster Management Rebuilding Video
    18. February 2016

    More than a month after super typhoon HAIYAN (Yolanda) hit the Philippines. Haunting aerial footage shows the wrath of the storm and the devastation of Tacloban and surrounding areas it left in its path. Please feel free to share the video on

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  • Adventure Travel & Climate Change

    Adventure Best Practices Climate Change Environment
    11. February 2016

    Nature is the main criteria based on which adventure tourists choose their destination. These natural settings however are constantly exposed to environmental changes. The UNWTO (2014, p.75) identifies two dimensions of risk concerning climate

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  • A Shark’s Tail
    Adventure Asia Climate Change Disaster Recovery Video 24. June 2016

    Marco D. Biemann and his British friend and underwater camera man Tony Exall produced a short

  • Teaching Elephants to Avoid Poachers
    Africa Conservation News 6. March 2016

    Here’s How Researchers Are Teaching Elephants to Avoid Poachers According to SOS

  • Broken Tsunami Warning System Exposed
    Asia Disaster Preparedness News 4. March 2016

    7.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Indonesia Exposes Broken Tsunami Warning System In 2004 a magnitude

  • Indigenous Leader Murdered
    Environment News South America 3. March 2016

    Honduras: Indigenous Leader Murdered Despite Police Protection Berta Caceres, the coordinator

  • Jason deCaires Taylor: An Underwater Art Museum, Teeming with Life
    Adventure Best Practices Climate Change Conservation Environment Sustainability 27. February 2016

    For sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the ocean is more than a muse — it’s an exhibition

  • Social License to Operate
    Culture Science 27. February 2016

    “Adventure tourism often occurs in difficult to reach places and often affects vulnerable

  • Fund Housing or Infrastructure?
    Adventure Best Practices Disaster Management Rebuilding 26. February 2016

    The question whether rebuilding funds should rather be spent on housing or infrastructure has

  • Earthships
    Asia Australia Disaster Relief Empowerment Rebuilding SIDS Video Volunteering 25. February 2016

    When a tsunami hit India in 2005, many people lost their homes, but the government was slow in

  • Building Back Better
    Adventure Australia Best Practices Disaster Recovery Rebuilding SIDS 24. February 2016

    “‘Building back better‘ refers to rebuild in order to attain a state that is said to be less

  • Resettlements
    Asia Best Practices Climate Change Culture Disaster Recovery Empowerment Rebuilding Science SIDS 23. February 2016

    According to Le De (2011, p.121), relocating communities after a disaster can have more

  • Disaster Terminology
    Disaster Management Science 1. February 2016

    DEFINITIONS: CRISIS VS. DISASTER VS. HAZARD Many authors have tried to understand crises and

  • Vulnerability Factors
    Disaster Management Science 2. February 2016

    Factors Which Could Augment Vulnerability according to McEntire, 2001; modified by Ritchie,

  • Disaster Management Life Cycles
    Asia Disaster Management Science 3. February 2016

    Ritchie (2009, p.44-45) states that “in both crisis and disaster definitions there is a belief

  • Post-Disaster Challenges and Chances
    Disaster Management Disaster Recovery Sustainability 4. February 2016

    In the immediate wake of a natural disaster, the traumatized population faces a variety of

  • The Psychological Dimensions of Adventure Tourism
    Adventure Science 5. February 2016

    According to Swarbrooke (2003, p.14-16), adventure is “where participants are voluntarily

  • The Adventure Tourist
    Adventure Science 6. February 2016

    In their Global Report on Adventure Tourism (2014) the United Nations World Tourism

  • The Rickshaw Run
    Adventure Asia Uncategorized Video 7. February 2016

    The ingredients for an adventure according to The Adventurists: A developing country, a start

  • Leakage
    Adventure Science 8. February 2016

    Tourism comes with many hidden costs that can have negative economic effects on the host

  • Sustainability and Economic Growth
    Adventure Empowerment Sustainability 9. February 2016

    Adventure tourism encourages sustainable practices. According to ATTA (2013), “adventure

    Bruce Poon Tip: Beyond the Triple Bottom Line
    Adventure Best Practices Empowerment Video 10. February 2016

    Bruce Poon Tip, the founder of G Adventures, explains his business model.

  • Adventures With a Purpose
    Adventure Africa Asia Australia Best Practices Empowerment Science South America Volunteering World 17. February 2016

    In the 2014 UNWTO Global Report on Adventure Tourism, ATTA president Shannon Stowell identifies

  • Jason deCaires Taylor: An Underwater Art Museum, Teeming with Life
    Adventure Best Practices Climate Change Conservation Environment Sustainability 27. February 2016

    For sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the ocean is more than a muse — it’s an exhibition

  • Disaster Terminology
    Disaster Management Science 1. February 2016

    DEFINITIONS: CRISIS VS. DISASTER VS. HAZARD Many authors have tried to understand crises and

  • Empowering Women Through Adventure Tourism
    Adventure Africa Asia Australia Empowerment South America World 14. February 2016

    Scheyvens (2002, p.138) analyzed tourism from a gender perspective: “The key theme running

  • Vanuatu’s Piggy Bank
    Asia Culture SIDS Video 16. February 2016

    This video explores Vanuatu’s alternative financial system, where a pig tusk bank claims

  • Indigenous Leader Murdered
    Environment News South America 3. March 2016

    Honduras: Indigenous Leader Murdered Despite Police Protection Berta Caceres, the coordinator

  • Post-Disaster Challenges and Chances
    Disaster Management Disaster Recovery Sustainability 4. February 2016

    In the immediate wake of a natural disaster, the traumatized population faces a variety of

  • Planeterra – IDB
    Adventure Best Practices Empowerment South America Sustainability Video 20. February 2016

    Since 2012, G Adventures and Planeterra have partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank

  • A Shark’s Tail
    Adventure Asia Climate Change Disaster Recovery Video 24. June 2016

    Marco D. Biemann and his British friend and underwater camera man Tony Exall produced a short

  • The Empowerment Framework
    Empowerment Science 13. February 2016

    Scheyvens (2002, p.59) proposes an empowerment framework to analyze “the actual or potential

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