Costa Rica Climate Change and Eco-Tourism--Wisdom From A Jungle Guide
Changing Planet Justice
English - March 06, 2022 00:16 - 19 minutes - 14.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsNature Science Sports Wilderness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Costa Rica’s Indigenous Bribri: Climate Change, Cocoa, and Agroforestry
Next Episode: La Gomera: Land of Hope
Learn about climate change's impacts on the Costa Rican rainforest from Abel Bustamente, a native wildlife guide. How do we balance profit and sustainability? Is there such a thing as eco friendly tourism, or is that an oxymoron? With his wry humor, youthful energy, and captivating expertise, Mr. Bustamente's insights will stick with you long after this audio-journey through the Gandoca Manzanillo rainforest ends. Meet bullet ants and poison dart frogs, tarantulas and sea-turtles; catch the perspective of a local, non-indigenous Costa Rican on the government's relationship with the native BriBri community (a stark contrast to that of Haniel, the indigenous citizen profiled in the previous episode! )----more----