In Savegre Tapir project saves ... Rafiki

One of the most exciting and innovative eco-lodges that are always involved in the programs are really trying to make a difference in the lives of animals that live in the area and to create a favorable environment for the animals and people.

Rafiki Safari Lodge is doing just that. Rafiki is a family operation and Safari Lodge in Costa Rica Savegre Valley. The hotel is located on the central Pacific coast, is an essential part of the biological corridor for many species of Costa Rica. An endangered species in this area is always important, but difficult Tapir.

The Tapirus bairdii or tapir is one of the four species of tapir family, and that is in the Savegre Valley. The tapir is the largest mammals in Central America. Like other tapirs are found in America, Tapir Tapir place called. Tapirs look like pigs impressive master, but they really are more genetically related to rhinos and horses.

Tapir has a brown / white spots on the face and neck smooth dark gray fur. The skin is hard, and therefore valued by humans. Grip have a nose, like the trunk of a short and cut off all the families of elephants tail tapir. A complete development Tapir can weigh around 150 to 800 kilograms and reach a height of 3.5 meters high and 6.5 meters long. A vegetarian, tapir feeds on plants, leaves and even fruits. A lover of water, proximity to water beds, streams and rivers like the Savegre River Valley.

In the warm, tropical days, tapir spend most of the day under water, only with his head. Could even your nose while swimming snorkeling. An adult Baird Tapir usually lead a solitary life and dangerous to approach and attack humans often, when it is too tight. They have sharp teeth and jaws, and the strength of the muscles behind their massive bodies.

Tapir is a large mammal, apart from the few encounters Jaguar has no other natural enemies., The average lifespan of a tapir is approximately 25 or 30 years.

After the Tapir Specialist Group of the IUCN and "tapirs play an essential role in the development and conservation of biological diversity and the role of biological indicators for the need of forests in the region of the tropical ecosystem tapir is one of the most in their habitat., The first type affected by human disturbance due to their size and sensitivity to changes in their habitat area. local extinction or decline in population can lead side effects in the forest caused disruption of processes important environmental (eg robbery and seed dispersal, nutrient cycling) and potentially jeopardize the long-term integrity of the ecosystem and biodiversity. these factors in recent years in connection with the destruction of tapir habitat justifies the urgency of a survey on the state of the population and the development and implementation of management plans and conservation. "

The clearing of forests and the manhunt, have virtually paralyzed the tapir endangered. Laws banning the hunting are rarely enforced and that there is less than 6,000 tapirs released.

The question is, how can you help? Well, Rafiki has a way Ecotourist can now to preserve the habitat of the largest tapir, and educate locals and tourists about created Global Giving.

The Rafiki Tapir Savegre project on creating awareness lurk dedicated in the Savegre River Basin and Tapir Biological Corridor in Costa Rica form. Through private land management, education and scientific studies of the location, Asana and Rafiki hope the paradigm of how people see change local tapirs. We believe that when the advantage to enjoy tapirs in the area are more likely to support conservation efforts and help save the species from extinction.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

Savegre River Basin is overwhelmed by the perception of the local population, that nature is responsible for the decline in employment opportunities. Recent changes in forest law, in particular the ban on logging and deforestation have so many jobs in agriculture caused the foundation of the rural economy. Contact many illegal hunting to supplement their diet. Survival of mammals such as tapir is unlikely to occur under such conditions.

How will this project solve this problem?

Rafiki Safari Lodge is one of the few commercial establishments on the basis of conservation along the Savegre river. Today, the hotel offers the opportunity to employ nearly 20% of the nearest municipality. The extension of the model of the tapir tourism project is to stimulate close directly and immediately the economy through increased employment opportunities for the tapir enclosure. The project will also benefit the local economy through the "spill-over" increase in other business opportunities in tourism

Possible long-term effects

The Tapir Savegre Rafiki project is part of the international efforts to reintroduce tapir in the wild in their natural environment. Acquired scientific data Rafiki is invaluable to the future of tapir conservation in Costa Rica and around the world. The project is also a model for other landowners show a sustainable business model with natural resources, without the ecosystem intact.

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Climate protection option for air travel

Being an eco-travelers, one of the things that are difficult to manage for the approach difficult to justify and is confusing as we can, without a trace of solid carbon fossil fuels to travel and some so our trip less impact on the planet.

When I, I realized my flight from United Airlines that my ticket had the motto:

Let the world a better place ™ - Carbon Offset Option

And then:   Sustainable Travel International calculates that offset the amount of CO2 in this range, you can use € 3.01 or another amount.

United with Sustainable Travel International (STI), a non-profit organization, the global climate and environmental organization supports partnership. This gives customers the opportunity to make a contribution to offset their carbon dioxide emissions for the trip with United.

Sustainable Travel International is a company that helps make our mark on something sustainable.

Travel companies are facing a variety of challenges: to increase rising costs, means of escape and the pressure on the bar for sustainable farming practices to reduce impact on the environment.

The real question is what carbon offsetting and how it works?

According to researchers, one climate change is a reduction in emissions of carbon or greenhouse gases to compensate or offset an emission made elsewhere produced carbon dioxide.

The carbon "offsetting must particularly or participating in programs that reduce the carbon in the atmosphere. Many of these programs are the planting of trees, the most common measure, because plants grow climate, absorb carbon dioxide, removing it the atmosphere. Backend Other research in cleaner technologies or conventional alternatives. "

Other organizations that are Carbon Offsets:

Technology companies are challenges into opportunities. These industry leaders understand the long-term success requires that managers are serving goals, while showing how their actions make a difference, to attract customers and increase brand loyalty.

Here Sustainable Travel International is offering - (which is in collaboration with United Airlines):

• Sustainable solutions and tools to destinations DestinationsSustainability: assessment, planning, standards, marketing, sustainable destinations
• Partnerships They strategic partner with businesses of all sizes to the development and implementation of sustainable development initiatives and innovative practices that provide a measurable return on investment.
• STEP feasibility Step System Management provides the tools you need to design and implement its sustainability policy and action plans during the measurement and control its effects and verification efforts. The STEP program involves a series of components with specific industries developed in mind.
• Offset through carbon emissions and climate change programs, helping companies and destinations reduce side effects and mitigate the negative impacts, while protecting the investment in community initiatives and conservation objectives, the future generations.
• TrainingCustomized education, training and sensitization of stakeholders in programs that help build capacity in critical areas of sustainability management, while increasing buy-in for sustainability initiatives.
• Marketing and Sustainability CommunicationsIntegrate in your marketing strategy and product development, the. An increase in visitor numbers and a stronger brand loyalty

It is not for tourists, unless States provides a way to reduce the impact of how we achieve our environmental goals.

It is almost impossible to be "carbon neutral" by saving alone. To remove the last bit of carbon, it is necessary to be creative.

What is carbon neutral? Once you have measured their emissions and do everything possible to reduce it, while on the left side are offset by the purchase of credits from a carbon neutral company.

Climate neutrality is the process by which emissions from a source of carbon credits derived also compared. A carbon credit is a measure created to one tonne of CO2 avoided or eliminated, representing a project to reduce carbon. Emission credits can by enabling activities under the Clean Development Mechanism CDM projects, emissions in developing countries that can be marketed elsewhere reduce created projects are generated. There are two main markets for the buying and selling of carbon credits: voluntary and orderly.

Once you have measured your carbon footprint, you can decide what action to take to reduce your footprint. It can how to avoid the creation of programs in the first place. It may also be opportunities to reduce emissions from a particular activity. To be environmentally neutral, should be "compensated", so that the net emissions of their activities are any remaining emissions equivalent to zero.

Climate units are usually purchased by individuals or companies, and are used to cancel or "offset" that arise during the normal course of business and everyday life issues. Carbon credits are units representing the emission reductions or "reduction" of greenhouse gas emissions.

The reduction is achieved by:

• Reduction or avoidance of emissions - for example, through the use of renewable energies
• Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in soil or trees - for example, by growing a forest.

Reducing the amount of carbon emissions you produce is important for the planet and is green, but it is not always easy. You may not be able to check if your power plant that runs on coal or solar, for example (but certainly advocate of solar energy and make your home more energy efficient). Therefore, carbon offsetting has become so popular recently.

"Carbon offsetting is not the silver bullet for the problem of carbon emissions, because they often can not be answered to solve the underlying problem of tree planting, for example, only the existing carbon ;. No production reduce the same, that is, where the ultimate goal should. Yet his offsets Shopping help if you careful about the programs it supports are. "

Check with your travel agency, car rental and Airlines offer the most likely option to modify, reduce, or at least they reach a little help on the impact their target. Planes, trains or automobiles, there is a way to make your trip less impressive.

Eco-Cowboy Up! Triangle C Dude Ranch

Triangle C Ranch has always been my home, I grew up with horses and wildlife around lovable guy - squirrels squeak plate moose. My life has been to drive my pony dedicated MoonDancer within the country, collecting reptiles, wildlife breeding. I like the fact that our garden was shared with coyotes, wolves, bears, moose and elk. Nature has always surrounded the ranch and grow in my career led me today.

The other members of my family Garnick jeans in the best sense of the word. Really live, that the Western way of life and have a talent, their cowboy culture to represent others. Sincere, hardworking and friendly, family members are the ambassadors of the great cowboy. They are wild, fun, music and a lot of them. A family of actors, artists, musicians, passionate personalities who both grew up in the entertainment and preserving its cowboy heritage.

Farm friend was a part of our family heritage Garnick for four generations, Bill and Billie to 98-102 years time every outdoor meal and stories of the old days when just started breeding ranch in the Rocky Mountains. Things have changed a bit the real West, but still.

With a variety of room types, the Triangle C Ranch offers accommodation for all travelers. They are good with many Western and how cowboy life equipped, we have the perfect place for you!

Since the first week of June, our program begins Monday and runs through Saturday. Every day is full of action and offers activities for all ages. Horseback riding, hiking, every day gives you the opportunity to immerse themselves in the life of a cowboy and create lasting memories. This calendar is in place from June to August

Kick off your holiday with a brunch in our Diner Style Wind River Ranch and meet the staff before your horse for the week on the farm to introduced. Enjoy an introductory lesson with one of our jeans and enjoy a walk of discovery for all ages. If you are coming to enjoy the head at the meeting Hack Saloon a variety of appetizers and wine tasting for adults and for children Sarsaparilla sample. After dinner, head to the campfire while enjoying inches of s, and volleyball before going to bed for the night!

Wake up and respond to the pen for a quick trip to the barbecue place for breakfast on the campfire! Youth and children can prepare for the Polar Bear Plunge into the Wind River, while we are encouraged! After the Polar Bear Plunge, children have the opportunity, nature boy Lil where participate on a nature walk ", learning, traps have to live and work in their program outdoorsman price!, You have the option of hiking or fishing in the lake Brooks team in the nature boy program or go on a tour of wildflowers for those who choose, there are afternoon walks in the Absaroka Mountains After dinner, go for the rustic inn, Pine Square Dance No experience is required -..., it is ready to fun have!

Feel Ambitious? Challenge yourself to climb mountains, while in a different light. Most beautiful country The choice of two rounds in the morning and in the evening or a walk all day Pellum lake. If you are interested in visiting the famous Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks for a guided tour. At night, the adults gather for snacks in the lounge, dinner in the dining room of Wind River and then the games in the lounge. Teens get ready for a night on the Moccasin Basin for a barbecue and sleep under the stars. Children can get their parents or spend time with consultants kids to dinner, paint horses and camp with new friends.

If you take the pictures, getting up early for some tips with our resident photographer while we like the horses in the paddock! After breakfast you can take a walk or a few minutes to relax. In the afternoon go to the shooting range and tested. With a variety of activities skeet shooting guns, tomahawk and knife throwing, archery or even, you are sure to find something that is a challenge to find. After the evening events, meet in place for our Steak BBQ Cookout and prepare to sing and brand boots! After a night full of fun, adults Siegel and enjoy an evening of rest in the week tower sunset, while teenagers enjoy riding and children go to Castor cabin for movie night with the consultants.

It's another fun day at the ranch! I need regular.! Take a cycle Wrangler adventurous or spend the morning relaxing! Go for an exciting morning on the back of a horse, or be brave and go Kissinger Ridge for a walk every day! We met for an old grill and even in the stroller in the afternoon or enjoy a relaxing afternoon on the ranch and enjoy the sun! Get ready for an exciting night in the Dubois Rodeo, where children have the opportunity to join band in the excitement of the Dude Ranch Roping and Mutton Bustin.

If you are brave enough to help at dawn and end with cowboys, to measure it in the horses! After the walk this morning to go to the beach, not least participate in the weekend Gymkhana (games on horseback), a barrel and buckin, a farewell tour on horseback. After working up an appetite, follow the scent of Old Fashioned Picnic on the patio of the cottage with views of the Wind River. We will have an awards ceremony, you will not want to miss!

The ranch includes 150 pieces horses and mules. With many animals, is not the ability to match the skills of a driver. A horse will be assigned for the week. Lessons for beginners will be offered daily for an extra in the sand and children over 6 years, can ride their own horse. Miles of trails surrounded by the cowboys of the West, the wind through the majestic mountains, through forests and a variety of animals.

We have family trips, trips and hikes for adults grouped according to their ability. Deletes or riding Wapiti Ridge Lava Mountain, where the world 360 degrees Wyoming. A Ranch Rodeo and Gymkhana for all, with a price of ceremony.

Yellowstone National Park

Only 30 miles from the south entrance of the park located, we offer a guided day trip in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone offers a unique wildlife viewing and is a place you will never forget. Visit Old Faithful Geyser, wonder geothermal activity can be found in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Yellowstone Lake Pavilion, research and wildlife. These fabulous miracles occur throughout the year, we organize guided snow coaches Adventure Park in the winter season, click here for more information.

Grand Teton National Park

Towering more than a mile above the Jackson Hole valley known, Grand Teton rises to 13,780 feet. Here is the habitat for a variety of animals, from the smallest insects, fish, birds and large and small mammals. The road north of Triangle C Ranch Jackson has to look first hand in this wild country. If you look closely, you can see the skin of a moose in the willows, or looking for Coyote dinner on Antelope Flats. From the ranch you can change the size of the park experience with the car, boat or on foot.

The Chicago Tribune published the 10 best places to their teens, not Disney World, Universal Studios and Atlantis Paradise Iceland was take a server, TRIANGLE C RANCH!

While in the saddle, make another trip with the family Eco Triangle C Dude Ranch in Wyoming!

Mongolia on horseback

Ask has spent anyone time in Mongolia, and confirmed that the country can be seen from the back of a horse by far the best view, and in fact the only means of transport makes no sense at all. This applies in Mongolia, as nowhere else in the world for three reasons. First, as little comfort for the passengers, the roads are in a terrible state and vehicles manufactured in Russia for sightseeing drive an endurance test rather than comfort. Second, the landscape is ideal for traveling on horseback.

No ... no fences, no power lines, no paved roads and cities to talk about ...

The vast steppe meadow impressive proportions with no fences, no power lines, no paved roads or cities right extends from north to south Russia and China, with nothing but mountains and rivers to balance their line of movement. If the steppe gives way to the mountain, even discordant path and the only way to continue is on foot or on horseback. Finally, the horse is an integral part of the Mongolian people and their culture. Riding is as basic as breathing; is inconceivable that life is without horses. Therefore, a perfect riding sequence in what otherwise might be a rather strange and alien life. The Mongols, in particular in the field, are naturally warm, friendly and quick to laugh. Invite strangers into their Gers, generous and has tea with milk and curd, and answer questions. Those arriving by horse, have the advantage of living in a family environment both cultures, and the conversation then flows faster and easier. Mongolia is large and diverse, and there were many places I was curious ,. I opted for the spirit of the reindeer herders, to Tsaatan nomadic people to see a hike in the mountains without roads to the north and then through mountain passes to Khövsgöl lake has the reputation of being the best views in Mongolia. And because this is a very unusual part of the country, I added another walk in southern Ulaanbaatar steppes along the edge of the Gobi, where the landscape is with the traditional white gers meadows, and herds of domesticated horses, goats and sheep dotted.

Mongolia is unrivaled inhabited woodland, desert, steppe and lakes are more than 15 different ethnic groups a unique area of the geographical and human diversity. Join us on an adventure riding in Mongolia to experience this culture first hand and seat.

The horses are deeply rooted in the culture of Mongolia; They are an indication of the wealth of a man. The pace of life is controlled by the speed of the horse and the horses are woven into Mongolian song, verse and story. Babies learn to ride before walking, and dexterity of a young man measured by his talent as a driver.

This provides an ideal for a small tour to discover surroundings, a way of life has changed since the time of the Golden Horde, as "Devil Riders" Genghis Khan created the largest empire the world has ever known changed.

It is a visually stunning experience of emptiness and expanse on horseback across the steppe quietly without trees, completely free of fences, paved roads, power lines or permanent structures, no evidence of human activity so far extends, except for proper shepherds and their flocks .

The lovingly designed each trip to Mongolia introduced a concept of travel is possible and desirable. You are to live with horses and camel carts in the wild, the choice of nomadic life. This is a call for an active holiday for little effort, but with plenty of rest and fun.

They are south of Ulaanbaatar pass some 120-150 km in treeless steppe. Select bridgehead some good riding horses among the hundreds available. His team moved from camp to camp drawn in traditional wooden carts by Bactrian camels. On the way you pass the families of nomadic herdsmen. Human traits and wide landscape are perhaps the most interesting, since all families in the region are pastoralists. In summer, traveling with their herds in search of greener pastures. Guests of the area are the farmers strong horses, and compete in various competitions Naadam. The Mongolian equestrian tradition is a living cultural heritage from the time of the Huns and Genghis Khan.

A transportation in Mongolia, which makes no sense at all, the horse is. Around the world, different cultures maintain an equestrian tradition - but none can compare Mongols. For these people, the vast grasslands of Inner Asia known as the steppe horse as basic as breathing; is inconceivable that life is without horses. Runners who led my group in the spirit of the reindeer herders rolled Trek as if they were part of his horse, as simple as walking and smiling indeed. Dressed with a horse and Dell, were an independent autonomous unit.

Mongolian horses are short, no more than 14hh, unrefined with rather large heads. They were not wanted for breeding, and remained throughout the centuries as a secret weapon of the Mongols almost intact in the desert. These small horses are hard as modest wire, steadfast, with the incredible strength and is well adapted to the harsh Mongolian winter. Never see the inside of a fenced enclosure, and spend their lives without shoes. On this remarkable horses, Genghis Khan and his army of archers - Golden Horde - they were able to conquer much of Asia and Eastern Europe, has seen the establishment of the largest empire the world.

"I was lucky in Mongolia this summer (2006) when the country is celebrating with a special event his 800th anniversary was a recreation of battle strategies prove Genghis Khan cavalry. 500 mounted warriors thunder instead be wearing leather armor and shouted the call to war. was an impressive show. "Ellen Eco-reviews.