Videos tagged with "conservation"

Huaorani Ecolodge the end of the journey Toxic Tour [01:30]
First the missionaries, then loggers and the extraction of oil which brought deforestation, pollution and crime in their wake. Incredibly, Ecuador has the highest rate of deforestation in South America; the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon, among the most biologically diverse regions in the world, the place the Waorani call home, has been hit particularly hard. There have been few options available: fight, die, flee, assimilate, disappear.......
Tags: Ecotourism, Sustainable, development, toxic, tour, travel, Ecuador, Conservation, rainforest

Amazon Birding in Ecuador [03:59]
Shiripuno Lodge offers birdwatching tours in the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve; here you will find species more easily than other birding areas near by. Shiripuno Lodge works with the Waorani People, promoting job opportunities for them. Shiripuno Lodge is dedicated to the conservation of the forest and its people, our building are very low impact in the environment.
Tags: Ecuador, Shiripuno, Amazon, Birding, Birdwatching, Tours, Lodge, Photography, Nature, Slideshow

Galapagos, Volunteer VS On board Cruises [05:07]
The Biologist Christopher James (from Finding Species) explains about the choices for turists to go to Galapagos, and how the Lead-Adventures Galapagos Experience is not only an affordable choice, but an ecologic alternative that enables tourism revenue to stay in the Islands (for their benefit), and not on the Mainland nor international cruises. This is part of the orientation for all the participants of the Galapagos Experience, operated by Lead-Adventures Ecuador & Galapagos. Part of the video is also focused to the Capacity of the Islands of evacuate the areas in case of natural disastres such as Tsunamis.
Tags: Galapagos, Ecuador, Experience, Volunteer, Scientist, Adventures, Lead, Cruises, Biology, Conservation, Ecologic, Santa, Cruz, Cristobal, Isabella, Islands, Reviews, Tourism, Travel, Affordable, Orientation, participant, Responsible, hop

Galapagos Islands, Formation and volcanoes [01:48]
The Biologist Christopher James (from Finding Species) explains about the formation of the Galapagos Islands, makin reference to the Nazca plate and the formation of the Volcanos existing in the Island. This is part of the orientation for all the participants of the Galapagos Experience, operated by Lead-Adventures Ecuador & Galapagos.
Tags: Galapagos, Ecuador, Experience, Volunteer, Scientist, Adventures, Lead, Cruises, Biology, Conservation, Ecologic, Santa, Cruz, Cristobal, Isabella, Islands, Reviews, Tourism, Travel, Affordable, Orientation, Participant, Formation, Tsunami, Evacuation, Re

Suanze Runa of Payamino [03:25]
Short edit for the website of a community conservation development project, taken from my time living with the remote Kichwa tribe of San Jose de Payamino in the orrellana district of Ecuador in the Amazon basin. Shots show the beautiful area of amazon rainforest where they live and gives a feel for the traditional lifestyle they still live today.
Tags: Payamino, San Jose de Payamino, amazon, amazonia, coca, ecuador, south america, jungle, rainforest, forest, tribes, tribe, tribal, indigenous, traditional, kichwa, quechwa, quichwa, sumaco, gran sumaco reserve, ali may, sumiko gallagher, alasdair may, ali