Accommodations - Best Practice Wildlife

Accommodations - Best Practice Wildlife
Enjoyment of the countryside, the landscape and the plants and animals that live there are all factors of great interest to many visitors. Businesses should take active measures to preserve, conserve and enhance their habitats, aiming to increase diversity and attract more wildlife. This in turn will attract guests who are care about the environment they are visiting. It is also important to be aware of your impact on the habitat and where possible reduce any intrusion on your surroundings.

• Protect local wildlife – turtles, whippets, whatever.
  
  Turtle volunteering in the Seychelles Cessation of turtle harvesting on the island has led to us hosting good populations of both Green and Hawksbill Turtles
  
  
  
  
• Reintroduce native species – plants and animals.
  
  Farmstay accommodation in Drakensburg, South Africa We are trying to re establish water that will encourage the stocking of indigenous species of fish such as yellow fish.
  
  
  
  
• Do not encourage introduced species – goats, rats, Japanese knotweed.
  
  Garden Route luxury accommodation The property used to be a wattle plantation – an alien species which has swiftly strangled the natural vegetation. The de-wattlefication of the area is an ongoing process.
  
  
  
• Plant gardens/grounds with wildlife and insect-friendly vegetation.
  
  Tiger camp in Kanha Reserve Our ongoing project of aforestation of indigenous trees helps maintain a good soil balance and we are planting fruiting and flowering trees to encourage greater wildlife.
  
  
  
• Encourage birds to visit and nest.
  
  Negombo beach hotel in Sri Lanka The Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, has designated the hotel as a 'Bird Friendly Resort' after a professional survey.
  
  
  
  
• Educate guests, and locals, about surrounding habitat.
  
  South Africa Wildlife Reserve Guests are given the unique opportunity to become as involved as they wish in our predator research projects, depending on what activities are going on at the time of their visit.
  
  
  
• Use environmentally friendly cleaning products, don’t use garden chemicals and don’t put down poisons – herbal cockroach killer is available.
  
  Blue Mountains retreat, Katoomba Cleaning is done with environmentally-friendly cleaning agents - citrus cleaner and vinegar and water being among our favourites.
  
  
  
  
• Create a native species nursery.
  
  Osa Peninsula rainforest wildlife lodge, Costa Rica Joel is creating a nursery of native species of trees. He wants to reforest the Peninsula and he will!
  
  
  
  
• Encourage guests to plant a native tree.
  
  Tamil Nadu hill accommodation We encourage every guest to plant a Shola tree.. the indigenous trees of this area after educating them about the other trees that are planted like Eucalyptus and Watel which are causing large scale depletion of natural ground water.
  
  
  
• Work to retain heritage seeds and plants.
  
  Wanganui accommodation; self catering & camping We actively work to retain heritage seeds and plants from our valley.
  
  
  
  
• Offer bikes for guests to use rather than their cars.
  
  Cirali beach resort, Arcadia The use of vehicles is discouraged and bicycles are provided free of charge for visitors
  
  
  
  
• Use wood, either for furniture or fires, that comes from sustainable sources.
  
  Pinasca accommodation, Italy We heat with wood that we cut from our own land using sound timber management to maintain a healthy and vigorous forest for our long term use and future use as well.
  
  
  
• Think about how the building itself blends with its surrounding environment - sympathetic materials, colours etc.
  
  Luxury Alpine Chalet in Switzerland Our method of construction (dome shaped tents pitched on raised wooden platforms) has been studied meticulously over the last 2 years to ensure that it bears little, if any, physical impact on the local environment.