10 holidays for conservation

Whether visiting a new conservation project or lightening your footprint, these amazing trips catch the eye and give something back

Fifty years on from the creation of Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park – home to 2.5% of the world’s biodiversity – it still feels like a wild outpost, thanks to a strict policy limiting the number of visitors

Uganda’s chimps and mountain gorillas might be thriving, but a visit to the parks in the south-west are a reminder of how fragile conservation can be, and why local communities need to be involved for it to work

Our third annual celebration of sustainability in travel looks at 50 destinations – plus accommodation – that show travel can be a force for good. Here’s why we think that this matters more than ever…

TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF REMEMBERING WILDLIFE

Brent Stirton’s Amboseli Under Threat project sheds light on the challenges facing Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, particularly the impact of changing land ownership and usage rights among the Maasai community. Peter Dench finds out more…