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Interesting Facts & Information: tourism, travel, culture, language, business... - 1 views

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Brazil information facts tourism Eco-Tour Eco-Tourism

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When on an ecotour the holiday makers will usually be under the guidance on a naturalist or an expert on the area to help people observe, understand and appreciate the wildlife, fauna and flora. Ecotourism has become an ethical alternative in the tourism industry and is growing in popularity.
- Vishuka Mathur on 22 May 12
  
  This is referring to how Eco tourism attracts tourism in a country, giving a chance for the people to understand and experience the wild life.
  
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Amazon is home to 20% of the world's bird species, 20% of its plant species, 10% of its mammal species and 3000 species of fish. As a result it is a great place to go on holiday or vacation for an ecotour.
- Vishuka Mathur on 22 May 12
  
  Here we can see why is it good to live there and some statistics on the population of plants and more wild life.
  
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A genuine ecotour should however offer the tourist the following elements: education, conservation, sustainable development and benefit to local people. If any of these elements are missing from a potential ecotourism operator then possibly think again.
- Vishuka Mathur on 22 May 12
  
  Here we can see how Eco tourism is done, and what all the Eco tour should cover up, including how it benefits the local people with education about wild life and its conservation, & how it's sustainable.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Here we can see how Eco tourism is done, and what all the Eco tour should cover up, including how it benefits the local people with education about wild life and its conservation, & how it's sustainable.</div>
  
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Tropical Forests PRR - Who benefits from Deforestation and who loses? - 3 views

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shared by Taikan Ueoka on 04 Jun 12 - No Cached

Profits from deforestation range from near zero to thousand of dollars a hectare.In some places, there are huge incentives to convert or degrade forest.In Cameroon, oil palm and intensive cocoa cultivation has a net present value of more than $1,400 a hectare.In Brazil's cerrado, some conversions result in land values over $3,000 a hectare.And India offers very high values for land devoted to coffee cultivation in the Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot.
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Taikan Ueoka on 04 Jun 12

This page has some information on how much money can be made out of the rainforest

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http://www.creditvalleyca.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/60.pdf - 0 views

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This article is detailed - full of facts and examples. Skim and scan to find the necessary information.

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Endangered Species - humans, body, water, Earth, plants, animals, oxygen, air, plant, c... - 0 views

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basic information about extinct species

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Eco-Tourism, Facts and Opinions - 2 views

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Eco-Tourism Eco-Tour facts opinions Information rainforest

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http://www.sae.gov.br/site/wp-content/uploads/td_0455.pdf - 0 views

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- Taikan Ueoka on 04 Jun 12
  
  Earning more money and investing on the country's infrastructure seems to be important to the Brazilian government, and data shows that the best development option is to cut down the trees in the amazon rain forest and plant perennial plants for more sustainable logging.
  
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Ecotourism - Benefits communities aswell as the Rain forest - 2 views

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developement Eco-Tour Eco-Tourism sustainable protecting essential-role community helps

shared by Eliza Ward on 04 Jun 12 - No Cached

makes a real difference to the quality of life for local people
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Eliza Ward on 04 Jun 12

There are many articles about how Eco Tourism benefits the rainforest and this is some information on how it ALSO benefits communities that live in it or around it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">There are many articles about how Eco Tourism benefits the rainforest and this is some information on how it ALSO benefits communities that live in it or around it.</div>

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