Climate Change, Environmental Threats, India
Gaia Discovery Web Editor
Warming Himalayas Drying Up Highest Village

KOMIK, India - The main water sources in the world's highest village in the Himalayas are drying up due to global warming, making life harder for its inhabitants who rely mainly on subsistence farming.

Warming Himalayas Drying Up Highest Village
Beaches, Travel, India, Seychelles, Scuba Diving, geotourism
Gaia Discovery Web Editor
The Indian Traveller in Seychelles

The Seychelles Tourism Board, local and Indian trade partners meet to explore the tourism potential of Seychelles for Indian travellers. Beaches, weddings, snorkelling are popular in Seychelles.

The Indian Traveller in Seychelles
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Showcase Eco-Resort: Frangipani Langkawi Resort & Spa

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Beyond green, this eco-resort in West Malaysia shows how organic methods can be applied to address environmental problems and tourism impacts to produce amazing results. Mallika Naguran meets the man behind this award-winning resort to learn of his unwavering commitment towards Mother Nature.

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Mekong Responsible Travel E-Guide Launched

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A new online guide shows you how to have a great holiday using boutique hotels, guest houses, restaurants, shops and tour operators that all build positive change throughout Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the Guangxi and Yunnan provinces of China.

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Eco-friendly Amarela Resort's Boholano Heritage

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Eco-friendly Amarela Resort's Boholano Heritage

Committed to heritage and low impact hospitality services, Amarela Resort is a charming eco-resort perched on the Panglao Island coastline of the Philippines. An old Visayas art form - Boholano - is revived in a number of ways here, and the environment is given tender loving care as well, reviews Gaia Discovery.

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Sivananda Yoga Ashram: Effecting Life Changes, Beyond Health and Well-being

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The Shivandanda Yoga Ashram allows you to escape from the stresses of modern life and learn enough to go back and make a change to ease those stresses. Offering a wide range of courses to choose from, individuals can make a selection according to what they wish to change about their lives, or what the wish to learn.

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Review of Panglao Island Diving with SeaQuest: Balicasag and Coastal Dives

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here is more to Panglao island than Balicasag - a famed dive destination in the Philippines that has earned honorable mention in most dive guides, even clinching top ten rankings in reviews.

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Volunteer Program: Moroccon Girls Skill Up Through 'Education for All'

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“Education for All” builds dedicated boarding house that provides specific care to Moroccon girls between 16-19 years of age to have closer access to government schools.

Mantanani Arkitrek Camp: Connecting Tomorrow’s Architects with the Real, Renewable World

Mantanani is a remote island northwest of Kota Belud in the South China Sea, off the coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Last month it saw a group of keen architecture students working through an innovative three-week design challenge to build a village centre using recycled and renewable resources.

Thailand’s Green Routes Boost Eco-tourism, Sustainability Standards

Travellers looking for an eco holiday in Thailand can opt for specially planned environmentally-friendly tours, from central Thailand to the northern tribal enclaves of Chiang Mai, and from Chiang Rai to Isaan in the northeast region.

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Shangri-La Bangkok Installs Largest Ever Hotel Solar Heating System

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Solar water heating wins all round by providing piping hot showers for over 800 guests at Bangkok’s Shangri-La hotel – plus it costs less and cuts greenhouse gases too.

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Thai Tourism Seven Green Concepts: Green Direction by Tourism Authority of Thailand

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New green initiative boosts Seven Green Concepts, conservancy and social responsibility in its 2011 policy from Tourism Authority of Thailand.

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Krabi’s Centara Resort Sustainability Review: Green Globe From Bronze to Gold

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Krabi’s Centara Resort Sustainability Review: Green Globe From Bronze to Gold

Krabi’s Centara is just one of the few hotel and chain resorts under Centara’s portfolio to undergo a green wave of change by participating in a global benchmarking scheme through Green Globe to attain sustainability and promote awareness with its employees and stakeholders. The other four properties to also do so are Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld, Sofitel Centara Grand Resort & Villa Hua Hin, Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui and Centara Karon Resort Phuket. 

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Gaia Discovery Partners Big Bubble for Coral Reef Restoration With Biorock® Technology

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Gaia Discovery is embarking on a series of environmental projects in Southeast Asia, starting with coral gardening and assisted reef restoration programmes. It seeks the participation of scuba divers from around the world to join its scheduled group trips beginning 14 May 2011.

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Timor Leste: Easy to Get-To, Unspoilt Ecotourism Destination

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Travelling to Timor Leste is like travelling back in time to a less frantic age. But getting there is a cinch now that regular air services have started fro Changi, Singapore.

 

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