Mexico seems to have figured out how to benefit from the world-wide increase in ecotourism.
"A development project the team undertook a decade ago with the residents of San Nicolas Totolapan, outside Mexico City, is well regarded by ecotourism professionals from around the world. The program, Parque Ejidal San Nicolas Totolapan , offers facilities for hiking and mountain biking on 5,693 acres (2,304 hectares) of land that otherwise would have been lost to illegal logging and urban sprawl.Many people hope the work by Ibarra and Suarez will become a model for other ecotourism ventures throughout Mexico."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
Read the full story: Rural Mexicans Learning to Make Ecotourism Pay
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