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What makes a FAIR TRADE LODGE?

n terms of a safari lodge or camp, Fair Trade means showing a commitment to the people and conservation in the place it is located. As Lisa Scriven, general manager of the not-forprofit company Fair Trade Tourism (FTT), says: “[Lodges] like Flatdogs understand that the complexity of doing business in remote areas puts them in a unique position to find solutions

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