Natural Habitat Adventures, a sustainable travel company, has teamed up with World Wildlife Fund in order to bring travelers to remote areas threatened by global climate change. The tours are aimed at raising awareness and creating more environmentalists. They visit Greenland as well as the Arctic and Amazon.
Natural Habitat Adventures and the World Wildlife Fund have partnered to take eco-conscious tourists to places threatened by climate changes while also allowing them offset their carbon footprints for a full year.
You can also find out more about the following: Climate Change & Our Wild World program This book gives travelers a glimpse of three places that are experiencing the most severe impacts of climate change: Greenland and the Amazon.
Climate crisis is most acute in the poles, where temperatures are expected to rise by at least 4 degrees Celsius over the next fifty years. This is more than twice the global average. Amazon rainforest is also suffering from wildfires fueled by climate change and deforestation.
The first 2025 tour, scheduled for August, will bring travelers to virtually uninhabited and seldom visited areas. east coast of GreenlandThey can see how climate change is contributing to the sea level rise by accelerating the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet.
The Arctic tour begins in early November and explores the Canadian north where shrinking ice is driving polar bears towards extinction. Polar bears are most concentrated at this time of year near the remote outpost of Churchill, ManitobaThey gather to begin their winter hunt season.
The Amazon trip starting in late November explores the river’s origins in the Pacaya Samiria Reserve. It is a 5 million-acre wildlife sanctuary located on the eastern side of the Andes. Here you can see pink river dolphins (also known as river pinks), scarlet macaws (also called scarlet macaws), sloths (also known as monk sakis), and monkeys.
Recently, the trend of “last chance tourism” has gained popularity, which can lead to some dangerous activities. overtourism Traveling is harmful to the environment because of its carbon footprint.
You can also read about it here Nat Hab and WWF There are many companies that have taken steps to reduce the impact of their tours on the environment while also offering tourists a chance to gain a better understanding of climate change. Groups of 10 or more people are usually featured, with WWF conservationists giving daily presentations and engaging in discussions.
“The beauty of their work is that it provides excellent information both on a broad level and also insights that few will be able to find or are willing to seek, due to climate work being so complex and multi-layered.” Court WhelanNat Hab’s chief sustainability officer, told Travel + Leisure.
Whelan added, “I believe that these trips will produce the next wave of climate activists, as people who have been on the trips return more inspired, informed and ready to pursue, and advocate, for solutions, than most people in this world.”
Nat Hab also offers a variety of other products. comprehensive program To offset emissions resulting from the tour that provides funding for green energy, emission reductions, forest conservation and initiatives in countries affected by the climate crises such as Ethiopia and India.
Nat Hab prioritizes initiatives that advance UN Sustainable Development Goals and selects projects which have been vetted by a third-party verification.
Whelan explained that this way they feel as if they are doing the most good while ensuring the offsets were valid and meaningful.
The company estimates that these collaborations offset 40 metric tons of emissions for each traveler in the Climate Change & Our Wild World program, more than twice the average annual carbon footprint of people living in the U.S., which is at 16 metric tons.
Whelan continued, “Our primary focus in offsetting is to raise awareness of emissions and offset’s ability. We hope to educate and maybe even inspire travelers to explore offsetting as a way to reduce their carbon footprint.”
