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Standing in a metal tower 120 feet over the grounds of Sacha Lodge (an ecotourism jungle lodge down the Napo River from Coca, Ecuador), signs of human occupation and exploitation do not blemish the horizon. Yet, even at this special refuge within the Amazon, Ecuador’s approaching crossroads...
Some people sent Tweets saying they had been badly injured; others asked why the tear gas could not be washed out. Messages went back and forth explaining what to do with chemical burns and about which embassies had opened their doors to people seeking refuge. For a while the address...
The ecologically sound practices benefit more than the farm's fish and the people who eat them. By reflooding those drained lands, Veta la Palma transformed itself not just into a fish farm, but, somewhat unwittingly, into a refuge for migrating aquatic birds as well. Instead of the 50 bird...
6 | Bangladesh NO SHELTER FROM THE STORM With winds gusting at 70 m.p.h. (about 115 kph), Cyclone Aila tore through parts of coastal Bangladesh and eastern India on May 26, killing roughly 200 people and forcing 500,000 to seek refuge in shelters and on rooftops to escape rising floodwaters...
Jura, Scotland. The Jura Hotel is the only hotel in the only village on the remote Scottish island of Jura - a cozy refuge, where you can tuck into drams of whiskey (the famous Jura distillery is nearby) and roast venison or locally caught lobster. (The island is also where George...