Eco tourism video vocab

1. Backyard = garden at the back of a house
NIMBY  Not In My BackYard
Poaching = Illegal hunting (caza furtiva)
Their stopping illegal fishermen…
Unsung heroes = anonymous heroes (those who
really deserve to be praised)
Carnage = massive slaughter
Remnants = rests / remains
Finning = fin = aleta
To make / take a stand = to stand up for something
/ against something
To petition = request / ask
At one’s most + adjective
Hatchlings = baby birds having just emerged from
the shell of the egg
It’s vital that we protect every single egg / It’s vital
that every single egg be protected
It’s not long until = Poco después…
Telltale = algo que te da un indicio claro
All too common = (sadly) very frequent
To reap the benefits = cosechar / obtener beneficios
Fine-tune = improve to perfection / make the
necessary adjustments to improve something
(afinar)
To pitch something to somebody = briefly present
something to somebody

2. A venture = a new project / company
The Gold Standard = la referencia absoluta
Private enterprise = cualquier negocio privado
We need private entrepreneurs  emprendedores