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Investment: Wilderness Safaris

Posted by Conservation Travel Curators on August 4, 2015 at 3:17pm
Thirty years ago Wilderness Safaris was established in Botswana. In the ensuing years the company expanded to five brands in eight countries, 61 different safari camps and lodges, 1,016 beds, hosting an excess of 30,000 guests per year. Historically, local communities and governments did not benefit financially from tourism and there was no financial incentive to support conservation. Read this case to learn how they invested to incentivize and manage conservation efforts on their properties.
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Impact - Conservation Travel in Namibia

Posted by Conservation Travel Curators on August 4, 2015 at 11:43am
"Our market-based approach to conservation has dramatically altered the mindset of communities from animosity to that of embracing wildlife as a livelihood asset.” - Chris Weaver, Managing Director, Namibia, WWF Read this case study to learn how the world's leading conservation organization created a model community-based natural resource management program in Namibia that has been wildly successful.
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Influence - Natural Habitat Adventures

Posted by Conservation Travel Curators on August 4, 2015 at 11:54am in Tour operator
Nat Hab offers 75 different trips in 40 countries. The diversity of their offerings, complex supply chain of vendors and suppliers, and expansive sales and marketing network presents unique challenges to advance conservation in environments where tourism can be a threat. As a way to combat this challenge, NHA has partnered with WWF to bring conservation, travel and travel philanthropy together. Their initiatives are inspiring travelers, vendors, suppliers and employees to champion conservation while simultaneously building credibility and loyalty for both brands. Over the past decade, the lessons learned by WWF and NHA have been extremely valuable
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Cases featured here are meant to give a broad project overview of interesting initiatives happening throughout the adventure travel industry benefiting conservation using innovative methods and adhering to at least one of the Conservation Travel pillars (Impact, Investment and/or Influence).

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