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We hope that through our tours we support Myanmar to become not only a better place to visit but also a better place to live. Here's our Sustainability Policy: outlining what we have done, what we are doing and what we hope to achieve in the future. sampantravel.com/about-us/respo…
On Friday 25 September, @ECPAT launched the Call for Action to Restart Travel & Tourism with Child Protection in Focus. This is call for all to consider child protection as a key element for sustainable development now and as the industry recovers. protectingchildrenintourism.org/wp-content/upl…
“I will pick up every single piece of your trash, pack them well in a box and mail it to your home as a souvenir". Thai Minister Varawut Silpa-archa takes a bold approach to those leaving trash in national parks. | @nytmay in the @nytimes nytimes.com/2020/09/21/wor…
#BREAKING The average population size of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles & amphibians has declined by 68% since 1970🐬🐯🐘🐟 🐍🐸 Open your eyes to the reality if we don’t mend our ways. #LPR2020 #LivingPlanet
Good News! After the successful revival of the #Burmese Star #Tortoise, the Burmese Roofed #Turtle - he with the bug-eyes and goofy grin - have been brought back from the brink. Nearly 1000 in captivity and more have been released into the wild. | BAL nytimes.com/2020/09/03/sci…
Ask more questions and give friendly feedback; collect data, keep learning; tell an inspiration tale to a child ... You don't need to pack you placards - here are 7 ways to be a #sustainable #traveller. | @JulietKinsman in @cntraveller | BAL cntraveller.com/article/ways-e…
Areca leaf and wax-lined paper - options to keep plastic waste down as everyone orders on line during the pandemic. In @TheMyanmarTimes | BAL mmtimes.com/news/covid-19-…
Some good news ... In the 1960s and 70s the Sarus Crane went extinct in Thailand and the Philippines. There were only 122 in #Myanmar in the mid-1990s and this had dropped 50% by 2000. Today, there are only 600 in just the Ayeyarwaddy Region. | BAL mmtimes.com/news/sarus-cra…
Today on #WorldElephantDay, here is our article on elephants and oozies in #Myanmar Myanmar - the history, the culture, what is going on today and how travellers can be a force for good. sampantravel.com/magazine/eleph…
"As we work to end the pandemic and build back better, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity - and responsibility - to correct our relationship with the natural world, including the world's seas and oceans." | @kyodo_english | BAL english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/07/6…
A lovely article on our friend Rhi Rhi at Third Story Project, now creating books about #COVID-19 for children in #Myanmar: staying home, keeping healthy, and tackling discrimination. | @PioneersPost pioneerspost.com/business-schoo…
Conservationists have warned a sudden change in #Myanmar's law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins and Irrawaddy Dolphins risks further fuelling demand for rare wildlife products. | @WWFMyanmar scmp.com/news/asia/sout…
We are very pleased at @Sampan_Travel to be a finalist in the Experience Mekong Showcase 2020. All the 18 finalists across the Greater Mekong Subregion are committed to immersive travel and supporting host communities. You can read more & vote below. destinationmekong.com/ems2020/
There are 5 Ramsar sites in Myanmar (Moe Yun Gyi, Indawgyi Lake, Meinmahla Kyun, the Gulf of Mottama, and Inle Lake) but only one Marine National Park - Lampi. ¨ Could Nanthar Island and the Mayyu estuary in Rakhine State be next? mmtimes.com/news/conservat…
Spear-headed by 150 young leaders, Plan International #Myanmar launch a virtual education and protection campaign, seeking to promote peaceful parenting, advancing the rights of children and young people. | @PlanGlobal mmtimes.com/news/when-they…
For the last couple of months @Sa_Ba_Myanmar has been raising donations to support their street vendors, preparing food for some of #Yangon's neediest. This afternoon @Sampan_Travel joined them. We commend Sa Ba for the initiative - and urge you all to keep donating!
"The elephants are back ... " The complications when new towns are built where dense forest once stood. And giant visitors return in search of the salt licks. | #Myanmar @WWFMyanmar wwfmyanmar.exposure.co/the-elephant-n…
Interesting session on protection of #children while restarting tourism in Asia -Pacific region after #COVID19 @Bertie_Alexandr @mllemineur @SaievacR @RoiAriel @UNICEFCambodia @ECPAT @BizHRAsia_UNDP #RBHRF2020
This Friday @Sampan_Travel's Managing Director @Bertie_Alexandr will be speaking at the UN's Virtual Forum on Responsible Business & Human Rights about child protection in #Myanmar tourism and the challenges that COVID-19 brings. | @ECPAT @TheCodeOrg rbhr2020.heysummit.com
Free online event on #responsiblebusiness and #humanrights in #asiapacific from 9-12/6/2020. Session on 12 June, 8.30 am on Rethinking the Restart of #Tourism in the Asia-Pacific Region and impacts on #childrights, with @ECPAT & @Sampan_Travel #RBHR2020 rbhr2020.heysummit.com
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