After participating in a presentation about a conservation problem, the guide and tourists talk about the needs of the protected area to tackle that problem. In the case of Roatan, one graduate saw that cruise ship tourists were damaging a coral reef. He moved to work with the cruise line and resort that hosted the tourists to give them presentations motivating them not to walk on the reef. A creative tourist can do more than give money. Students can built nesting boxes, paint signs, collect cans, plant trees in the protected area.
Community groups can petition government, offer labor, get small loans and grants.
It's the guide's responsibility to suggest viable and varied ways to promote conservation and help the audience carry them out. Audiences and guides need help to think up these ideas, so now we teach them. To earn a living as a conservation nature guide, they have to eat more than just a steady diet of beautiful sunsets. This Week are protected by international copyright law. Reproduction, in whole or in part without prior written permission, is strictly prohibited.