EcoTravel wrote:
>
> ** The following is an official update from the Planeta.com: Eco Travels in
> Latin America website (http://www.planeta.com) hosted by Ron Mader.
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> March 31, 1999
> Saludos/Greetings -
>
> Spring is here! The new issue of Planeta will debut in a few weeks as we switch
> from a quarterly to bi-annual publication. Meanwhile there are a number of new
> documents online. Please note that new features are added to Planeta.com on a
> regular basis. Your best way of finding out what's new online is via these
> updates. You can also check out the "What's new?" page online
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/search/chron.html
>
> New features added in the past two weeks include a tequila reference page
> (http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/coffeeag/toast.html), part of our
> agricultural section, notes from the recent adventure tourism conference in San
> Luis Potosi, Mexico (http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0499/0499slp.html)
> and features about Peru's Machu PIcchu and the expanding role of RealAudio in
> Latin America.
>
> Warm regards, Ron
>
> Ron Mader
> Mexico City
> ron@greenbuilder.com
>
> New Features
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/coffeeag/toast.html
> Toasting Tequila
> - One of Latin America's most famous agricultural products. Here's the
> information you need before you say "cheers!" This series includes the
> following articles:
>
> The True Story of Jose Cuervo - Tom Buckley
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0499/0499teqcuervo.html
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0499/0499tequilatown.html
> Touring Tequila - Ron Mader
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0499/0499realaudio.html
> RealAudio in Latin America - Greg Green
> - Want to listen to Latin American radio stations? Here's how.
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0499/0499peru.html
> Machu Picchu: Consecration or Desecration - Carol Cumes
> - Excerpt from Cumes book.
>
> Updated
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/search/search.html
> Planeta.com's Networking Center: Jobs and Volunteer Connections in the Americas
> - Click here for a list of helpful organizations and resource centers.
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/center/costa/coast1.html
> Eco Travels in Costa Rica
> - New features and a new organizational chart on this page. Suggestions are
> welcome.
>
> Recommended Resources: EcoAmericas
>
> http://www.ecoamericas.com
> - Highly recommended is an important new environmental business journal -
> EcoAmericas ($225/year - great for libraries). Access to its website is limited
> to subscribers. The latest issue features articles about ecotourism throughout
> Latin America, the bio-tech proving ground of Argentina, and news about the CEC
> and an indigenous lawsuit in Ecuador against Texaco. Contact the publisher (and
> you can mention you saw the mention of this journal via Planeta.com) at
> ecoamericas@fspress.com
>
> Elsewhere on the Net
>
> http://www.journeywoman.com
> Journeywoman Online
> - Connecting women travellers around the world
>
> http://www.seaofcortezfoundation.org/
> Sea of Cortez Foundation
> - Protecting one of the world's most enchanting and threatened regions
>
> http://www.lsc.psu.edu/nas/Speakers/Gomez-Pompa%20manuscript.html
> Plants and Population: Lessons from Mexico - Arturo Gomez-Pompa and Andrea Kaus
> - As always, these scholars provide a top-notch review
>
> Tourism Conferences
>
> Ojo - As previously announced, the Huasteca Congress took place in Ciudad
> Valles in mid March. Information about the conference is online:
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/0499/0499slp.html
>
> Ecotur '99 - Monterrey, Mexico
> April 22-25, 1999
> Santiago, Nuevo Leon - Conference details are still being fleshed out for this
> 3-day ecotourism conference in northern Mexico. Ecotur will take place at Hotel
> Hacienda Cola de Caballo, an hour south of Monterrey. Phone: (828) 50-660 and
> 50-260, or within Mexico toll-free at (800) 53-760. For info about the
> conference, contact Ana Diaz at cavewolf@intercable.net and keep an eye on the
> Exploring Ecotourism page for details -
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/etour.html
>
> Ecoturismo: Turismo Ambientalmente Planificado
> May 31 - June 10, 1999
> Mexico City - The environmental department (PUMA) within Mexico's Autonomous
> National University (UNAM) will host a two-week conference on ecotourism
> (ecoturismo) beginning at the end of May. The course will be taught (in
> Spanish) by Jorge Chavez de la Pena, editor of the magazine Kuanum and a
> frequent contributor to the Planeta.com website:
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/mexico/ecoturismo/jcpindex.html
>
> For information about the course, contact Maria del Carmen Rodriguez at the
> PUMA offices - (52-5) 606-0793, 626-1043; Fax: 550-8834; Email:
> puma@servidor.unam.mx
>
> Online Planeta.com Resources:
>
> Ojo - Each of the following travel providers directories was updated last week.
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/mexdex.html
> Mexico - Environmental Travel Providers and Destinations
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/centamdex.html
> Central America - Environmental Travel Providers and Destinations
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/southmdex.html
> South America - Environmental Travel Providers and Destinations
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/resources/cardex.html
> The Caribbean- Environmental Travel Providers and Destinations
>
> http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/schools/schoolist.html
> Directory of Spanish Language Schools
>
> PS) Feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be interested in the
> above-mentioned online documents and resources. Writer's guidelines are online
> (http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/search/guide.html) as well as info on
> how you can support
> (http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/search/support.html) this website. If
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>
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