Mauritania
Travel - Leisure | Environment - Nature
Mauritania protects unique flamingo colony
afrol News, 16 November - Mauritanian authorities have initiated a fauna protection programme in its Diawling National Park in the mouth of River Senegal to protect a major colony of "dwarf flamingos" that could develop into a tourist attraction.
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Africa
Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Africa most desired among young travellers
afrol News, 13 October - Young people are trendsetters, and new research shows that Africa has become the most desired travel destination for Western youths. The trend bodes well for Africa's booming travel industry.
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Seychelles
Environment - Nature | Travel - Leisure
Seychelles opens 1st "carbon neutral reserve"
afrol News, 28 September - Cousin Island in Seychelles is launched as the world's first "carbon neutral natural reserve" at the national 2010 Tourism Expo. Eco-tourists flying in from overseas are assured their flights' CO2 emissions are reduced elsewhere.
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Gabon
Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Gabon ecotourism site "abandoned"
afrol News, 26 July - A main tourism operator at Gabon's key ecotrousim site, the Loango National Park, has announced today that it "has been forced to abandon" its operations at the park as of September 2010.
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Tanzania
Economy - Development | Politics | Environment - Nature | Travel - Leisure | Society
Natron community vows to protect the lake
afrol News, 26 October - Villagers around Tanzania’s Lake Natron have vowed to protect the lake and its treasure of Lesser Flamingos Phoeniconaias minor from industrial development, pointing out that their own future depends on the sustainable use of the lake.
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