Casting the net: useful websites

INFORMATION www.tourismconcern.org.uk - ecotourist campaign group www.icrtourism

INFORMATION www.tourismconcern.org.uk - ecotourist campaign group www.icrtourism.org - the International Centre for Responsible Tourism is a postgraduate training and research centre based at the University of Greenwich in London

www.uneptie.org/pc/tourism/ home.htm - the UN's site on the benefits of ecotourism www.eco-label.com - details about the EU Flower certification scheme

TRAVEL AGENTS/TOUR OPERATORS

www.greenbox.ie - information about Ireland's ecotourist initiative www.exodus.co.uk - one of Britain's largest adventure tour operators, and winner of the 2004 Responsible Tourism award for Best Tour Operator

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www.tribes.co.uk - overall winner of the 2005 Responsible Tourism award, offering trips to the Galapagos, Peru, Nepal and much of Africa

www.responsibletravel.com - Anita Roddick's ecotourist online travel agency

www.trailfinders.ie - offers ecotours through a number of tour operators

CARBON-BALANCING

www.climatecare.org and www.carbonneutral.com - two of

the biggest carbon-balancing websites. Inevitably, there can be a big discrepancy between their calculations