India

 Tourism talks

The CSD urges governments to take up sustainable tourism development


Publication Date: 
14/06/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecotourism, Land Resources, Public Participation, New York, UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
Water Pollution

 Threat from eco tourism

sight-seeing boats are threatening

Publication Date: 
27/02/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecotourism, Mangroves, Japan
India

 ECO TOURISM

The volatile political climate seems to have no effect on eco-tourism which is flourishing in Sri Lanka, famous for its beaches. In what has come to be termed as the new age of eco-tourism, the

Publication Date: 
14/10/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecotourism, Beaches, Sri Lanka
India

 Thailand's sorrow

Swamped by a surge in tourist population, Thailand has but to turn towards alternative tourism

Publication Date: 
14/04/1996
Richard S Ehrlich
Down to Earth
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19960415
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Tags:
Ecotourism, Thailand
Economy

 I arson the answer?

ECO-TOURISM has not won many supporters in Russia. Prominent Russian scientists have severely criticised government plans to encourage commercialisation of state-owned nature reserves, says a report

Publication Date: 
30/05/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecotourism, Malaysia
Wildlife

Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: The CAMPFIRE programme

In Zimbabwe, the area occupied by national parks, safari areas, recreational parks sad sanctuaries (collectively called the Wildlife Estate) totals about 47000 km2, or 12.5 percent of the total land area. This area is the responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and is managed by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management (DNPWLM) which is also responsible for wildlife resources throughout the country, including commercial and communal areas.

Publication Date: 
01/01/1992
F. Murindagomo
Unasylva
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168
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Tags:
Ecotourism, Wildlife Management, Hunting, Protected Area Conservation, Benefit Sharing, Public Participation, Africa, Zimbabwe
Environment
Equitable Tourism Options (EQUATIONS)
Ecotourism, India, Tourism, Environment, Equations
Wildlife

Tourism in protected areas: Worsening prospects for Tigers?

Against the backdrop of the increasing popularity of ecotourism and the dramatic loss of tigers due to lack of funding, mismanagement, population and development pressures as well as poaching, this article finds that the present policies benefit neither conservation nor local communities.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2010
Abhijit Banerjee
Economic and Political Weekly
45
10
27
Tags:
Pollution, Ecotourism, Waste Disposal, Wildlife, Tiger, Protected Area Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Poaching, Wildlife Tourism, Benefit Sharing
Environment

Pollution, dirt may put spoke in states tourism wheel: UNWTO

Bathinda: In its tourism development master plan report submitted to the Government last month, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (WTO) has warned that the perception of health risks due to dirt and pollution could spoil state

Publication Date: 
11/12/2008
Indian Express (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Pollution, Ecotourism, Health Effects, Solid Waste, Bhatinda (T)
Governance And Institutions

 Tragopan country

It's not often that a remote village finds a mention in government tourism brochures. Khonoma in Nagaland does. The village is not exactly an archetypal exotic destination. You have to withstand a two-hour, bone-rattling bus trip from Kohima to get there. But it's a trip worth taking if you are a wildlife enthusiast.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2008
Amarjyoti Borah
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecotourism, North East, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Sanctuaries, Unemployment, Governance And Institutions, Public Participation, NGO, India, Nagaland, Kohima (D), Sustainable Development

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