CESD Releases New Edition of an Ecotourism Classic
CESD and Island Press proudly release the new edition of Ecotourism
and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? by CESD Co-Director, Dr. Martha
Honey. Click here for details.
CESD Travel Partners Make Headlines
Congratulations to our travel partners, Micato Safaris, Country Walkers and Lindblad Expeditions for their top rankings among the "World's Best" Awards by Travel & Leisure Magazine. Click here to read the full article.
CESD in the News
Minnesota Public Radio interviews CESD Co-director Dr. Martha Honey, and Joe McInerny. What does truly eco-friendly and socially responsible travel mean? Click here to hear the broadcast in RealPlayer format.
Nobel Laureate to Keynote Global Conference
Dr. Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement, has graciously agreed to give the keynote address at the 2008 Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference in Arusha, Tanzania, December 3-5, 2008.
New Charter Club Trip
CESD announces its next ecotourism study tour with CC Africa on Safari in Tanzania taking place directly after the Travelers' Philanthropy conference December 6-12, 2008.
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The Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development is a non-profit research institution whose mission is to design, monitor, evaluate, and improve ecotourism and sustainable tourism practices and principles. Its policy-oriented research focuses on ecotourism as a tool for poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation, as well as socially and environmentally responsible tourism practices.
See our Partners section to learn more about the organizations we work with, or to learn about conservation and sustainable development work worldwide.
Conference Program Now Available
Click here to see the current Travelers' Philanthropy conference program of speakers and events.