Nine to read and watch in conservation travel
Oct 26th, 2011 by wwftravel
WWF considers the Coral Triangle a WWF priority place for protection. © Jürgen Freund / WWF-Canon
WILDLIFE
- “The tracks we find are old, which is a problem,” WWF’s Steve Felton writes from Namibia. “It is already 11 o’clock and the sun is getting hot. That’s the time that many tourists start to think about lunch and getting back to the lodge.” But not Felton, and the expert trackers searching for Namibia’s rare black rhinos.
DESTINATIONS
- Several portions of The Great Wall of China are actually double, triple or quadruple walls that parallel one another, a Chinese archeology team recently discovered.
- Wired Science published a slide show of images of U.S. national parks as seen from space. Many of the photos – including those of Glacier and Denali national parks – look like art, not astronaut’s eye views of terra firma.
- Glacial ice reduction, smaller elk herds and beetle infestations have all been observed as results of climate change in Yellowstone National Park, a research team reported in late September.
- Innovative investment plans are needed to protect the reefs of the Coral Triangle and the people who depend on them for their livelihoods, WWF says.
TRAVEL TIPS
- Feeling tons of pressure to create a happy and positive vacation, few travelers are brave enough to admit a simple and important truth: traveling can be stressful. Vagabondish runs down a few helpful tips for decreasing anxiety levels before and during your trip.
- How many times do you see a wandering cat or dog while traveling and feel tempted to pet it? Don’t do it, Planet Green.com advises in its excellent article 10 tricks for optimal health while traveling.
- Are you relying more and more on smart phones for your travel photography? National Geographic photographer Cotton Colson reviews his top iPhone photography tips on the Intelligent Travel Blog.