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El Planeta Platica: Eco Travels in Latin America
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This issue looks at environmental conservation and tourism industry and
features the following articles:
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298tourism.html
Marketing Ecotourism to Travel Agents - Elizabeth Malek-Zadeh
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298greenmex.html
Supporting Grassroots Ecotourism in Central Mexico - Sandra Skrei
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298mosquitia.html
Tourism and Biodiversity Preservation in Honduras - Eric Greenquist
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298cerro.html
Monarchs, Mountains and Michoacan - Gerardo Osornio
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298oaxaca.html
Community Museums of Oaxaca - Teresa Morales
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298mayaik.html
Maya Ik - Victor Sumohano
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298argentina.html
Argentina Journal - Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel and Jennifer Wilson
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298ecuador.html
Ecotourism at the Guandera Reserve in Northern Ecuador - Larry M.
Frolich, Esmeralda Guevara, and Marianne Fry
Environmental Features
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298patuca.html
Legal Declaration of Patuca National Park in Honduras - Alexis Aguilar
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298cr.html
Conservation and Deforestation in Costa Rican Parks - John Burnett
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298cgbd.html
Mexican Grassroots Sustainable Development/Biodiversity - David Barton Bray
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298amazon.html
Amazon Biodiversity: Promoting Indigenous Stewardship -Jordan E. Erdos
Regular Features
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298bb.html
Editorial: Bridges and Borders - Ron Mader
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298journey.html
New Column: In Search of True Ecotourism - Megan Epler Wood
Conferences and Congresses
http://www3.planeta.com/calendar/calset.acgi$GetEvent?662
March 16-19, 1998 - Los Retos de Ecoturismo, Monterrey, Mexico
http://www.adventuretravel.com/quito.html
October 11-14, 1998 - Adventure Travel Congress, Quito, Ecuador
Español/Spanish
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298zone.html
Viaje en Bicicleta a la Zona del Silencio - Walter Bishop
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298diario.html
Un diario invernal - Francisco Valdés Perezgasga
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298chiapas.html
Turismo Alternativo en Chiapas - Ignacio March
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298bolivia.html
Los Parques Nacionales Andinas de Bolivia - Javier Thellaeche
A pesar de que casi el 75% del territorio de Bolivia esta cubierto por los
bosques de la selva amazonica; se la conoce mas bien como un pais andino, de
montañas.
Travelers' Resources
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298book.html
February 1998 Book Reviews:
Honduras: Adventures in Nature | Guatemala: Adventures in Nature | Belize:
Adventures in Nature | Costa Rica's National Parks and Reserves | Ecuador and
the Galapagos Islands | Peru Travel Surival Kit | Central America on a
Shoestring | Baja California | Nongovernments: NGOs and the Political
Development of the Third World | Manual del Arquitecto Descalzo | Balancing
Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities | Olmec to Aztec: Settlement
Patterns in the Ancient Gulf Lowlands
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/schools/schools.html
Education Resources: Spanish Language Schools
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/coffeeag/cybercafe.html
Americas' Cybercafes and Internet Connections
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/coffeeag/campaign.html
Responsible Coffee Campaign
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/south/peru/peru1.html
Eco Travels in Peru
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0298/0298resource.html
February 1998 Resources: Music from the Coffeelands | Project Underground |
Trees for Travel Program | Turtle Island | 1996 Bioregional Gathering of the
Americas | Land Rights in Suriname
Planeta's Environmental News
El Salvador: Forging Environmental Protection - EcoCentral
Saving Habitats that are all Wet - Conservation Media Center
Muddy Boots in the Selva Maya - Conservation Media Center
Managing Mystical Mombacho (Nicaragua) - Conservation Media Center
El Carricito: Last of an Ancient Wood - Conservation Media Center
Costa Rica's Outgoing Prez Flunks Forestry - Conservation Media Center
Ecologia: TLC (NAFTA), La Ciudad de Mexico, Selvas Tropicales - Cecodes
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