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Is Travel Good For The Planet?

This question is tackled by our return guest, the environmentally-focused, award-winning travel writer Shafik Meghji. In a conversation that includes the subject of Shafik's recent book, Crossed Off The Map: Travels in Bolivia, and host Tony Fletcher's upcoming journey to Costa Rica, the pair discuss:

• The difference between travel and tourism
• The "brownfield rainforest" at Canvey Wick outside London, and the "temperate rainforests" of Wales
• Why Bolivia is "on the frontline of so many defining issues that will shape all of our lives wherever we are in the world in the years to come."
• How Lake Pupil, a lake the size of Luxembourg, dried up in barely two years.
• How the Amazon rainforest comprises 1/3 of Bolivia and traveling through it can help indigenous communities
• The natural beauty of Bolivia's rural landscapes and its fascinating cities
• How the migrant indigenous city of El Alto overtook the population of neighboring La Paz in just two decades.
• Costa Rica's remarkable biodiversity, its eco-tourism, and its 'unparalleled' wildlife.
• Shafik's recommendation for the perfect travel spot

You can find Shafik at shafikmeghji.com/ and at instagram.com/shafikmeghji/

Read his article on the brownfield rainforest of Canvey Wick

and his piece on the Lost Rainforests of Britain

More info on his book is at

http://www.shafikmeghji.com/#/crossedoffthemap/

The newspaper articles Tony references in the outro are:

On Lithium Mining

On Deep Sea Mining

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