Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 10/04/2024. The present Original Application has been filed by the Applicant appearing in person stating that in the tourist township of Darjeeling there is the ‘Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary’ popularly known …
Kenya's Ogiek tribal people, one of the last hunter-gatherer communities in east Africa, have joined Botswana's San people (or Bushmen) in their fight against the government to allow them return to their ancestral land. Originally, the San people lived in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (ckgr). In 1997, they were …
Many of us tend to regard wildlife with a degree of awe. This has much to do with representations by the popular media, images circulated by television channels such as the National Geographic and Discovery, and the curiosity created by a genre of travel writing. Such accounts do help create …
mount Abu, in Sirohi district, Rajasthan was shut down from November 13 to 15. This was after the state's wildlife department issued a notification on October 4, 2006 declaring the area a wildlife sanctuary. Protests were held at the sub-divisional magistrate's office. About 11,000 tourists were asked to leave town. …
Hardly a week passes without a report on attacks on livestock and humans by crocodiles from the Bhitarakanika sanctuary in Orissa. Saltwater crocodiles in the breeding centre in Bhitarakanika often move to freshwater bodies such as the Brahmani, Kani and Kharashrota rivers
The Goa Industrial Development Corporation plans to build an auxiliary park to support a proposed food processing park spread over 69 hectares (ha), close to the river Sal in Goa. "Among other things it will have a club, hotel and a sports complex,' says A V Palekar, managing director of …
The Sunderbans are perhaps the last true wild frontier of the Indian Subcontinent and conflict between man and animal is quite common. On the initiative both of the Field Director of the Tiger Reserve and WWF India West Bengal State Office several local youth, who before mostly had been poachers, …
The memorandum of understanding for the tourism project has provisions for making artificial snow. But John Sims, managing director of Himalayan Ski Village Pvt Ltd, the promoters of the project, insists that his company is not going to do it because of the high costs involved and public opinion. It …
In the Himalayas, subsistence largely depends upon resources derived from natural forests due to the free and easy access to these and simplicity in their use. Sikkim has 43% of its total geographical area under forest cover, of which 34% is under dense forests. The burgeoning human population and family …
In many countries, wildlife tourism is an important revenue source for conservation; it plays a crucial role in raising awareness on conservation issues and is also an
In the last week of December, 2005, the beleaguered Indian tiger was again in the news. Tiger killing in north Indian sanctuaries made it to the front pages of many national dailies. The developments justifiably raised the hackles of environmentalists and conservationists. The ongoing debate on building incentives within sanctuaries …
The state of tigers in India's national parks has caused much outcry. Justifiably so: it appears that over the last year, 22 tigers at the Sariska National Park, Rajasthan have been killed, as have a further 21 at India's "blue-riband' national park, Ranthambore
www.exploreruralindia.com Exotic rural India "Any form of tourism that showcases the rural life, art, culture and heritage at rural locations, thereby benefiting the local community economically and socially, as well as enabling interaction between the tourists and the local community for a more enriching tourism experience can be termed as …
function map() { var popurl="image/20051215/too_close.pdf" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=675,height=450,scrollbars=yes") } Tourism is flourishing in Ranthambore, with hotels mushrooming around the tiger in its reserve. Till the mid-1990s, there were just over 10 hotels in and around the forests of the reserve and in the town of Sawai Madhopur some 12 kilometres (km) from …
The Cambodian government has begun offering 300 battery-powered bicycles to tourists for rent while visiting the world-famous Angkor archaeological park, Cambodia's main tourist attraction. The introduction of this environment-friendly transportation is part of the government's efforts to reduce noise and pollution in and around the country's majestic former capital. There …
