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The news headlines from the first post-pandemic face-to-face international travel industry conference held in Cancun, Mexico cautiously signaled good news. “Travelers Becoming More Confident” and “Traveler Confidence Rises, COVID-19 Fears Subside” were typical titles for the hundreds of news stories stemming from the event.
The headlines are correct.
Travelers are twice as likely to plan international trips within the next six months as they were in September 2020, according to Global Rescue’s recent traveler safety survey. Nearly three-quarters of travelers have already taken a domestic trip or are planning to take one before July.
Bay of Bengal: Of Bounties Untold
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Bay of Bengal: Of Bounties Untold
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Christie s will offer Dana Schutz s The Fishermen (2021) to benefit large-scale land conservation
Dana Schutz, The Fishermen. Oil on canvas, 90 x 96 in. Painted in 2021. Estimate: $400,000-600,000. © Christie s Images Ltd 2021.
NEW YORK, NY
.- On May 11, Christies New York 21st Century Evening Sale will offer Dana Schutz, The Fishermen to benefit Art into Acres. Donated by the artist, the proceeds of the work will support the permanent conservation of 2.5 million acres of land. These Indigenous-led conservation projects sustain wildlife habitat and migration on landscapes with high levels of biodiversity. As a strategic climate donation, this painting will leverage a cumulative 300% in matching funds from partner organizations including Andes Amazon Fund, Global Wildlife Conservation and the Wyss Foundation. The funds support formal protection status at a national level. Conserving intact ecosystems is one of the leading ways to maintain the planets ability to capture atmo
230,000 Acres of Tropical Rainforest Protected as Biodiversity Hotspot For Jaguars in Belize
Belize jaguar, USFWS
Decades ago, a radical idea was born to protect the Maya Forest in Belize. What if NGOs, the government, community leaders, and businesses could form a coalition to conserve one of the world’s last remaining pristine rainforests?
Now that dream is a reality, with more than a dozen organizations coming together to protect 236,000 acres of land that represents an irreplaceable linchpin in the conservation of the largest remaining tropical forests in the Americas, outside the Amazon.
This new protected area is contiguous with and nearly doubles the size of the adjacent Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area previously protected through efforts led by The Nature Conservancy. Combined, it represents 9% of the landmass of Belize and secures a vital wildlife corridor in Central America’s dwindling forests.