Balancing tourism and conservation in the Galapagos: local empowerment may be the key
Taylor Bi explores the conflicting priorities of tourists and residents in the Galapagos, and how local empowerment may resolve this clash.
Taylor Bi explores the conflicting priorities of tourists and residents in the Galapagos, and how local empowerment may resolve this clash.
How a global pandemic has revealed the fragile relationships between endangered species, ecotourists and local communities. The rise in ecotourism has brought many species back from the cliff edge of extinction, but with the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the ensuing national lockdowns and holiday cancellations, many of the benefits brought by ecotourism may be…