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Camp and picnic sites - remember another party will be using the same camp site after you have left. Leave the site cleaner than you found it.

Don't fuel the fire - always discard matches and cigarettes with greet care but also keep the use of wood for fuel to a minimum. When possible, take kerosene or an alternative' fuel source for cooking and heating purposes.

Remove litter, burn or bury paper and carry out all non-degradable litter.

Keep local water clean and avoid using pollutants such as detergents in streams or springs. If no toilet facilities are available, make sure you are at least 30 metres away from water sources; and bury or cover waste.

Plants should be left to flourish in their natural environment - taking cuttings, seeds and roots is illegal in many parts of the world: also remember the trade in many wildlife products is strictly illegal.

Help your guides and porters to follow conservation measures.

When taking photographs, respect privacy - ask permission and use restraint.

Respect Holy and sacred places, Churches- preserve what you have come to see, never touch or remove religious objects. Shoes sometimes should be removed when visiting orthodox monasteries.

Giving to children encourages begging: adonation to a project, health centre or school is a more constructive way to help. GreenEye ask you don't give any money for children!

You will be accepted and welcomed if you follow local customs in remote areas where people still lives on their traditional way: loose, light weight clothes are preferable to revealing shorts, skimpy tops and tight fitting action wear.

Visitors who value local traditions, encourage local pride and maintain local cultures. Please help local people gain a realistic view of life in Western Countries.

Respect Animals - In National Parks and wilderness areas the animals are wild. Harassment can cause stress; keep your distance! In some situations animals can catch human diseases which can be fatal.

Stay on track - Unsupervised off road driving can cause irreparable damage to the soil and vegetation, all for the sake of that once in a lifetime sho.

In many areas, trekking and climbing are popular leisure activities. By carefully keeping to marked paths and routes, human impact can be kept to a minimum.

Principles and Codes for Ecotourism 1./

Make tourism and conservation compatible!

To consider environmental implications in commercial decision making and involve all staff in our commitment to environmental concern and care.

To encourage tourism planning that supports conservation efforts and incorporates conservation plans.

To cooperate with environmental organisations and other groups

To support monitoring of and research on the effects of tourism

To support conservation:
•Develop a positive relationship with organizations and people that play a role in conservation, particularly in the areas that you will visit with your clients.
• Encourage our clients to become members in conservation organizations
• Use personal contacts and letters to educate others and encourage governments and businesses to support projects such as new nature reserves
• Contribute time and money to conservation organizations and projects

To plan tourism so that it does not conflict with conservation efforts. To obtain permission before visiting nature reserves or other areas where access is restricted. When visiting these areas, we ensure that our activities comply with the rules of the park or reserve.

To know the laws and regulations that apply to the import and export of products made from wildlife, and make sure that our clients understand and follow these laws. To encourage our clients to by products made from wildlife by local people, so long as these products are not violate the law.

To develop an environmental plan for our daily operations. To have a written environmental plan that states our company's commitment to conservation, to using resources sustainably and to the principles in this Code of Conduct.

To use post trip evaluations to confirm that our tour was environmentally sound. To use feedback from clients as a good way to find out if our tour met client environmental expectations. In our post.trip evaluations we ask whether in our clients view the tour avoided unnecessary negative environmental impacts, and whether the tour operator demonstrated consideration of the natural and cultural environments. To involve clients in the assesment of our environmental performance and encourage their suggestions; and undertake to react positively to any environmental criticism.