Lucia Prinz, business development manager for Rare’s Enterprises program, shares her thoughts on the challenges and opportunities for developing locally-run ecotourism businesses. The focus areas of RARE´s Enterprise Development Program are often found within Biosphere Reserves, characterized by the presence of indigenous … Continue reading
Fernando Garcia, Rare manager, ecotourism promoter, explores the connection between the super grand slam in sport fishing and the ecotourism enterprise Community Tours Sian Ka’an. For the saltwater sport fishing hobbyists, the super grand slam means that a person catches … Continue reading
This is Paul Butler’s third post on his trip to Mali. While in Mali, Dale and I were itching to see KickStart’s Super-MoneyMaker treadle pump in action. We had seen one in the corner of their San Francisco office and … Continue reading
Brett Jenks talked with two graduates of the Rare nature guide training course and shares their experiences. Two graduates of the first course, Pancho Mayoral and Maldo Fisher, shared their stories with us. Pancho had been a young fisherman and … Continue reading
Rare President and CEO Brett Jenks talks about a recent board trip to Baja California, Mexico. This is the first of two posts. We recently returned from a Rare board of directors meeting in Loreto, Baja California, where we visited … Continue reading
This is Paul Butler’s second report from Mali. A third report will be posted soon. It is hard not to love a land where every conversation begins with “Is your family healthy? How is your mother, your father, your wife … Continue reading
Paul Butler, Rare SVP of Global Programs, and Dale Galvin, Rare COO, recently visited Mali to study the work of the nonprofit organization KickStart. This is Butler’s first report on their trip. The fabled city of Timbuktu is not a … Continue reading
There is a Mexican song and an expression that says: “No soy monedita de oro, para caerles bien a todos” (“I’m not a gold medal wanted by everybody”) that basically is used when somebody realizes how hard it is to … Continue reading