Reading Circle Debate by Jonna Kumpulainen https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue Week 10 en-us 2018-03-05 10:07:51 UTC 2018-03-05 10:49:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237995531 2018-03-05 10:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237995531 12 destinations travelers might want to avoid in 2018 jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237995922 1. Isle of Skye, Scotland
2. Barcelona, Spain
3. Dubrovnik, Croatia
4. Venice, Italy
5. Santorini, Greece
6. Bhutan
7. Taj Mahal, India
8. Mount Everest, Nepal-side
9.Machu Picchu, Peru
10. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
11. Cinque Terre, Italy
12. Antarctica
(Minihane, J. 2018)]]> 2018-03-05 10:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237995922 "The offseason there barely exists anymore" jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237997160 - Phillip White]]> 2018-03-05 10:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237997160 “Humans want to protect pandas not for scientific reasons, or because they are ecologically important, but because they have cute faces and they are politically important.” jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237998087 Professor Wang Dajun, a wild-panda expert at Peking University ]]> 2018-03-05 10:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237998087 "For China, pandas are the equivalent of the British royal family. You trot them around the world and they add an enormous amount to the country’s soft power" jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237998428 Harvard professor Joseph Nye]]> 2018-03-05 10:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237998428 Bemused Backpacker (2016): jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237999188 "Conservation camps, rehabilitation centres and open spaces are not ‘responsible alternatives’ to zoos, but are instead responsible partners."]]> 2018-03-05 10:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237999188 Bemused Backpacker (2016): jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237999519 It is a simple fact that without zoos, many species would now be extinct.]]> 2018-03-05 10:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/237999519 OVERTOURISM jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238001803 2018-03-05 10:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238001803 PANDA TOURISM jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238001946 2018-03-05 10:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238001946 MINING / FORESTRY vs TOURISM jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238002556 2018-03-05 10:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238002556 Open Arctic: jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238002876 World market prices for raw materials have remained low, but logistics costs, which affect the industry’s profitability, have increased.]]> 2018-03-05 10:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238002876 Visit Finland: jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238003387 In sustainable traveling one should remember that reaching the destination (and reaching it fast) is not the most important thing of all. ]]> 2018-03-05 10:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238003387 The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation: jonnamonna https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238003757 The status of forest species and forested habitats is deteriorating.]]> 2018-03-05 10:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jonnamonna/klecw7sh5yue/wish/238003757