Tunisia’s already modest economic recovery almost halted in 2023, amidst a severe drought, tight financing conditions and the modest pace of implementing reforms. With this slowdown, the Tunisian economy in 2023 was still below its pre-Covid level, marking one of the slowest recoveries in the Middle East and North African …
In the last decade the African continent has been facing a number of incidences on rhino poaching and we may be heading to rhino extinction. A number of strategies have been tried and tested to protect the rhinos in Africa. However, rhinos killed by poaching are ever increasing. Based on …
Officials of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) observed the World Sparrow Day, World Forest Day and World Water Day in the reserve forest in Erode district on Thursday. STR and Nature and Geo Society (NAGSO), an environmental and wildlife conservation organization, came together to host several events to celebrate the …
African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warned on Monday at a major conservation summit in Botswana that highlighted an alarming decline in numbers due to poaching for ivory . The Africa Elephant Summit, held at a tourist resort in Kasane, gathered delegates from …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ranthambore Bagh Pariyojana Vs. Union of India & Others dated 24/11/2014 regarding the application pertaining to the order dated. 24.06.2011 laying down the guidelines to be followed by tour operators for taking the tourists in various …
Jim Corbett Park guide Ramesh Suyal has won the Billy Arjan Singh Memorial Award for wildlife guide for year 2014 as part of the Sanctuary Travel Operators For Tigers Wildlife Tourism Awards. The award was presented to Suyal at a ceremony held on the British High Commissioner’s residential lawns in …
NAGPUR: A group of tourists from Nagpur and Wardha went wild at Nagzira wildlife sanctuary in Gondia on Sunday. At around 9.10am tourists sighted a tigress near a waterhole. They followed other vehicles and reached compartment No. 129 where a tigress, suspected to be A-mark, was resting in the bushes …
Various measures like formation of armed 112-member Special Tiger Protection Force in Corbett tiger reserve, increasing the number of beats and incorporating Global Positioning System into the patrolling are being taken to further strengthen wildlife security in Uttarakhand. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, the State Forest Minister Dinesh Aggarwal …
Recently, the dilemma of human–wildlife conflict has created great opportunity to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems for both people and ecosystems. The emerging “One Health” movemen explicitly recognizes the inextricable connections between human, animal, and ecosystem health and is leading not only to new scientific research but …
Concerns over tourism vision group's proposal to develop limited patch Turahalli forest, located just 25 km from Bannerghatta National Park, is an elephant corridor connecting Bannerghatta, Savandurga, Magadi and Kengeri. The Turahalli forests in Bangalore are in news again, this time for eco-tourism. The Karnataka Tourism Vision Group (KTVG) wants …
Jaipur: Safari at the Ranthambore tiger reserve becomes bigger, literally! In a bid to decongest the tiger reserve, the forest department has added a new zone at the reserve. “We have been working on zone number 10 for about two or three months and sprucing it up. It is now …
Tourists and nature enthusiasts have started thronging the two primary habitat of one-horned rhinoceros in Assam — Kaziranga National Park and Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary — which have been thrown open for visitors for this season. Even as tourists from within the country and abroad flock the Kaziranga park, which is …
A massive wildfire that has charred the northwest edge of Yosemite National Park in California has sent smoke into a scenic and previously unaffected area, obscuring views of popular landmarks on Saturday for tourists who visited the area. The smoke from the fire, which broke out two weeks ago, spread …
Unregulated tourism and development activity along beaches like Mandarmani and Digha in West Bengal is killing turtles including the vulnerable Olive Ridleys, say researchers. "In Digha intense tourism pressure has resulted in the decline of turtles and based on information revealed by local people, no nesting population of Olive Ridley …
The government has reviewed progress of the lion safari project and directed forest department to complete the project in a year's time. While the department has to complete the lion breeding centre this year, the safari project should be complete in 2014-15. The breeding centre is to be constructed in …
State is not averse to allowing 'green resorts' Karnataka would soon bring out a new eco-tourism policy aimed at decongesting tourism hot spots and attract private investments. Vinay Luthra, CEO, Karnataka Eco-tourism Development Board (KEDB), said the proposed policy is being finalised as per the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) …
Karnataka wants to avoid over-dependence on tiger reserves and is planning to develop its reserve forests to promote sustainable eco-tourism. Speaking at a conference on formulating guidelines for eco-tourism policy, Vinay Luthra, CEO, Karnataka Ecotourism Development Board, said “Karnataka which is a leader in eco-tourism in the country through Jungle …
Jaipur: To promote Jhalana Forests as an eco-tourism park, the forest department has proposed a 30km safari route. “There is a proposal for eco-tourism at Jhalana that would encompass trekking, overnight camping, bird watching and nature camps for tourists as well as students. It is estimated to cost Rs158 lakh. …
Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), a successful model for tiger conservation, is facing a new problem in the shape of tourists. Camera-toting holidaymakers are shelling out big bucks to local tourist guides to go deep into the core area of the national park for “exclusive” pictures of the big cat. …
Beginning Wednesday the South Division of the Nilgiris Forest Department will operate special package tours to promote eco tourism in some of the scenic spots under its control. This follows the growing reputation of the areas as ‘must visit’ places. Speaking to The Hindu here on Tuesday, the District Forest …
Even while fighting a legal battle in the Supreme Court, the Gujarat Government, with the support of the Centre, is currently engaged in developing a second “interpretation zone” to enable the visitors to see Asiatic Lions in the wild at its only abode in the Gir sanctuary in the Saurashtra …
