CAMPING - Campers trashing national parks

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CAMPING - Campers trashing national parks

Jul 09, 2008
By Adam Mullett

HIKING: People enjoy the countryside but are often careless of the environmental damage they cause.

VILNIUS - Pristine countryside is a drawcard of the largely underdeveloped tourism industry of the Baltic states. Natural forest stretches as far as the eye can see, nice beaches line the western coast, and wild animals are there to observe or, in Estonia, to shoot. But sadly, campers at the wildlife reserves and national parks are slowly destroying what is naturally amazing. There are UNESCO-stamped places all over the place in Lithuania — proof that there is something there to save. ...

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