Tourist flow in national parks in Assam, including the Kaziranga National Park, will be restricted to preserve the ecology of the reserves.

After remaining closed for more than 25 years because of the civil war between the security forces and the Tamil tigers, Sri Lanka's national parks are once again set to see tourists flocking there.

India has come a long way from the bad old days of tiger shooting as 'sport' to tiger tourism as a growing business. India has 39 tiger reserves scattered all over the tiger's range, covering about 40,000 sq. km of forest. Unfortunately, almost 50 per cent are in very bad shape, but they can be recovered with proper management. (Editorial)

The Karnataka High Court today directed Centre to file its objections by two weeks on a PIL against proposed Bannerghatta Night Safari project.

Petitioner B R Deepak, an advocate, prayed that permission should not be accorded to the Rs 180 crore project to be implemented over a period of 15 years as it was "harmful to wildlife and would disturb it".

GUWAHATI, March 22

The Assam government is making a determined bid to woo tourists by developing infrastructure and promoting famous spots in the state.

- Forest department mulls 41-hectare wildlife getaway at Berwey, butterfly park at Chakla on anvil

Ranchi, March 10: Berwey, about 2km from Birsa Munda Zoological Park in Chakla, fits the bill for night safari, says expert Bernard Harrison.

Packs are making a comeback. That

Jamshedpur, Feb. 17: The Centre is keen on developing eco-tourism atop the picturesque Dalma hills so that local tribals can earn a livelihood from the exercise.

The National Afforestation and Eco-development Board (NAEB), under the Union ministry of environment and forests, conducted a two-day workshop to discuss various ideas that could promote eco-tourism in Dalma.

Ahmedabad: Gujarat may have been opposing the transfer of lions on grounds of wildlife survival, the real fear is that once the Asiastic lions were shifted to Madhya Pradesh (MP), they would provide a major boost to the latter

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