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Tourism Dollars and Sustainable Land Use vs. Loss of Culture at the Gocta Falls

By mindfultourist

This Slate story and the accompanying video are pretty interesting. They tell of a remote village in Peru whose people had been living in the shadow of a huge waterfall that no on else in the world knew about. Once it was “discovered” in 2005, tourism has become popular and the village has changed... »

Alert: Ecotourists in Peru Leading Birds to Stress Out, Poop

By mindfultourist

A new study has found that noisy birders in the Peruvian Amazon have been found to have a detrimental effect on the hoatzin birds. “The sound of even a quiet conversation caused the birds to begin clucking and defecating – a common defense response – at longer approach distances than for quiet approaches. The noisiest... »

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