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Brazil's nine Amazonian states have joined with the country's environmental ministry to create ecotourism opportunities that could keep a traveler busy for several lifetimes. The IDB-financed studies and plans underway now will lay the groundwork for major infrastructure investments that will remove tourism bottlenecks.
(See an upcoming issue of IDBAmerica for more about this project.)
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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.
Satisfaction guaranteed?
Not quite yet in the rough-and-tumble world of ecotourism.


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