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co-author Christy Hoover offers three examples of best practices:
"Ghana maintains a high degree of freedom of the press, has a
stable democracy which just re-elected a pro-environment President;
about 15 percent of its territory is environmentally protected in
some form. Latvia is well-rated for human rights and press freedom;
it was also the most-improved country on the Socioeconomic Data and
Applications Center (SEDAC) Environmental PerformanceIndex
(EPI). In Uruguay, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
rights and women’s rights are among the best in the region.”
This
year’s report also includes a section recognizing "Destinations of
Interest" for the coming year. While not part of the 10 Best
Ethical Destinations, Ethical Traveler encourages potential
tourists to peer behind the "media curtain" and explore
controversial countries—like Burma, Cuba and Namibia—that are in
the midst of dramatic social changes.
The
2013 list and report on the winners were presented at a public event
on December 10th, 2012 at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club. To
view the full 2013 Ethical Destinations report and
accompanying photo gallery, please
visithttp://ethicaltraveler.org/destinations
