A clear blue ocean, pristine white beaches and lush green forests – that’s what many holidaymakers want on a vacation.But an intact ecosystem isn’t a given in many tourist destinations. Due to climate change, extreme weather and natural disasters like tsunamis have become more frequent, causing major damage to many popular resorts. This week on Global Ideas, reporter Kerstin Schweizer shows us how tourism is now trying to become greener in a bid to preserve the environment. Seven years after a tsunami destroyed parts of the Pangandaran region on the Indonesian island of Java, there are now initiatives to promote sustainability there and restore the eco-system – a plus for Java’s agriculture and tourism sectors. The global logistics industry, too, has a big impact on the environment. In our background article, reporter Franziska Badenschier takes a look at how the transport of goods around the world has affected the climate, and how climate change in turn has impacted logistics as well. Researchers are now looking for ways to make shipping cleaner and greener.
