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Protecting nature while making a profit
It sounds too good to be true: a business that can simultaneously create jobs, help communities, turn profits, earn hard currency and protect endangered ecosystems. But what exactly does it take to succeed in ecotourism?

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IN THIS ISSUE


FOCUS: ECOTOURISM IN LATIN AMERICA

Tourism's green frontier
 How to protect nature and make a profit.
The flaming trees of Trinidad
 Tourists watch with awe as brilliant red birds come to roost.
Man and nature in Mamirauá
 The flora and fauna of the Amazon as seen through the eyes of children.
Beyond economics
 Ecotourism takes entrepreneurs into uncharted terrain.
Portraits of ecotourism
 The IDB builds up a fund of experience.
Satisfaction guaranteed?
Not quite yet in the rough-and-tumble world of ecotourism.

NEWSBEAT
Dangerous prescription
A new study shows how corruption infects Latin America’s public hospitals.
Shining light in dark corners
How an IDB economist became interested in the murky world of medical corruption.
Stepping in front of the ranks
Chile names Latin America’s first woman minister of defense.

IDB GROUP NEWS
IDB doubles lending to private sector
Also, Norway joins Inter-American Investment Corporation.


A photographic odyssey


Urban Heritage

VIEWPOINT


Armies for peace. A former Spanish defense minister calls for democratization of the military.

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