Whale hunting was banned in Tonga, Polynesia, in 1978. Until then, whaling had been the main source of income for many islanders. These days, tourist activities like whale watching and swimming with ...

Ecotourism (sustainable tourism) Specialists seek to provide people with ways of seeing the world while doing minimal harm to the environment and respecting the cultures in the lands they visit.

There was a time when nature stretched far beyond the horizon, infinite and abundant, its power visible in the graceful sway of trees and the roaring, life-giving rush of rivers. But as the edges of ...