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By Contributor - April 20, 2021
Travelers who make bookings between April 22 and May 5 can expect major discounts on future stays, with some proceeds donated to a global tree-planting initiative.
An aerial view of Banyan Tree Anji in China’s Zhejiang province. (Photo: Banyan Tree Holdings)
To celebrate Earth Day this year, the Singapore-based Banyan Tree Group has teamed up with Earthday.org to launch a special limited-time offer supporting The Canopy Project, a global reforestation initiative that has planted tens of millions of trees around the world since 2010.
From April 22 to May 5, guests who book future stays at 39 of Banyan Tree’s properties across eight countries (including China, Indonesia, Thailand, Mexico, and Morocco) will save up to 35 percent off room rates. For every night’s stay or purchase made within that period, US$2 will be contributed to plant a tree in Mexico’s Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, to help meet The Canopy Project’s 20
In Mexico’s vibrant forests, locals adapt to a year without tourists
Ecotourism and conservation efforts go hand-in-hand. What happens when the tourists disappear?
ByAnnelise Jolley
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When she was 10 years old, Ana Moreno watched buses full of tourists pull into her village. They had come to see the monarch butterflies, which arrive in flurries each November and stay the winter in the Sierra Madre’s forested peaks. Moreno watched the monarch enthusiasts pour from buses, chattering to each other. She thought to herself, “How is it possible that I don’t speak English?”
Moreno went on to study tourism and learn English at university. Her goal was to become a butterfly guide and lead tours into the forest. Moreno’s father had worked as a forest ranger, and on several occasions she accompanied him up the mountain to see the monarch colonies. “I wanted to be up there every single day,” she says.
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By Sergio Adrian Angeles
Queretaro, Mexico, Dec 25 (efe-epa).- Martha Isabel “Pati” Ruiz Corzo, proclaimed “Mexico’s Hero” by Global Citizen for her tireless defense of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, tells Efe that she is deeply concerned about the health of the environment in her country.
At 67, she continues directing the organization she founded more than three decades ago to advocate for the mountainous reserve and its communities, Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda.
The protected area encompasses the northern third of the central Mexican state of Queretaro and part of neighboring Guanajuato, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosi.
The highest peak in the Sierra Gorda range rises 3,100 m (10,163 ft) above sea level.