India

 Willingness to pay for pleasure

If tourism revenues are generated by the quality of natural

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
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Ecotourism, Marine Ecosystems, Mountains, Lakes, Economy, Tourism, Biodiversity, Economic Development, Kenya, South Africa, Peru, India, Kerala, Sikkim
Wildlife

 http://www.wildlywise.com

WILD INDIA Planning to take a vacation? This colourful website provides a guide to wildlife and adventure tourism in India. Started by a team of travel professionals and nature

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
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Wildlife, Tourism, India
Climate Change

 Living on the edge

They say the eye of the storm is calm. This is what I found when I visited the epicentre of war tensions in India, the city of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. This was a week when foreigners were

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
Sunita Narain
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Environment, Deforestation, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Supreme Court, War, Lake Pollution
India

 N plant weeded out

The snag ridden past of Rajasthan Atomic Power Station's unit I may have caught up with it

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
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Tags:
Environment, Electricity, Nuclear Research, Nuclear Accidents, Tourism, UN, Nuclear Weapons, India, Rajasthan
Mining

 Coastal decontrol

Yet another attempt by the government to ease CRZ curbs

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
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Pollution Control, Industrial Dispersal, Mining, Coastal Development, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Legislation, India
India

 Pleasure island

andaman and Nicobar Islands intends

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
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Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Fisheries, Tourism, India
Mining

 BOTSWANA

The government of Botswana is flouting international laws by refusing to recognise the rights of the indigenous San community over the resources of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, alleges

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Mining, Tourism, Legislation, Botswana
Industry

 The coast is not clear

A new report paints a grim picture of the world s coastal areas

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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Tags:
Marine Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Mangroves, Beaches, Corals, Tourism, Industry, Global
Wildlife

 Drying wetlands

Ladakh's high altitude wetlands are under severe stress from the livestock population as well as tourist influx

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
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Environment, Wetlands, Livestock, Endangered Species, Nomads, Wildlife, Flora, Fauna, Tourism, Education, Ladakh, Ecosystems
Biodiversity

 Paradise in peril

Gal pagos, an archipelago straddling the equator 1,000 km west of Ecuador, is probably the world s best known biodiversity zone. But alien species and invasive plants are threatening its unique ecosystem

Publication Date: 
30/10/2000
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Ecosystems, Grazing Lands, Land Degradation, Islands, Flora, Fauna, Reptiles, Tourism, Biodiversity, Legislation, Public Participation, Governance, Sustainable Development

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