The Government of Nagaland on March 14, 2024, notified the Nagaland Tourism Policy, 2024. In order to implement programmes of the infrastructural development, strengthening promotion and marketing efforts and generating tourism awareness to the general public, and promote Nagaland as sustainable, community-centered tourism, preservation of diverse culture and its natural …
1,706 tigers today, up from 1,411 in 2007 Should the approximately 1,700 tigers left in India be treated as sacrosanct, not to be exploited by India’s tourism industry? Or, should they be looked at as valuable commodities, responsible for filling the coffers of the state? This is the firestorm of …
- Dumbur lake to be transformed from hydel power reservoir to birdwatchers’ paradise. Agartala, Sept. 5: Long reviled as the vale of tears, Tripura’s lush green Raima valley, crisscrossed by the sprawling 42 square km Dumbur lake, now holds out the hope of emerging as the crucible of hope for …
New Delhi: Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan told the National Board of Wildlife meeting on Wednesday that a committee had been set up to review the eco-tourism guidelines. She also announced that the government would amend the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 to provide legal cover to elephant corridors and look at …
RTI activist Ajay Dubey of Madhya Pradesh, who shot into prominence with his Supreme Court petition asking for better monitoring of tiger reserves, feels he was justified in having sought redressal from the highest court. “Madhya Pradesh had 700 tigers in 2000 but their numbers are down to 257,” said …
The National Board for Wildlife (NBW), which is chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will meet on Wednesday after a gap of more than two-and-a-half years to discuss a number of issues including the eco-tourism guidelines that have recently come under the Supreme Court’s scrutiny. The Supreme Court banned tourism …
Jaipur: A day after the Supreme Court invited suggestions and objections for framing guidelines for conservation of tigers, Rajasthan on Thursday came up with its own guidelines, the first state to do so. The guidelines, to be submitted to the court as an affidavit by Friday, seeks to promote tourism …
Jaipur: Conservation with people's participation seems to be the salient feature of the eco-tourism guidelines released by the state government on Thursday. From seeking their help in the actual implementation of the guidelines to involving them with conservation work, the guidelines have paved way for community participation in a variety …
SHOPIAN: The potential places along the historical Mughal road would be soon developed as eco-tourism sites under a special Rs 1.50 crore project. The project to be jointly implemented by the Forest, Tourism and Wild Life Departments envisages massive aforestation, conservation of wild life habitats and rich eco-system of the …
When I first started my life with tigers 37 years ago it was as a tourist. I visited the heart of Ranthambore and saw little as tigers, if they were around, just hid themselves in the forest and ignored the visitor. The late Fateh Singh Rathore was the warden of …
I have been an avid wild-lifer from childhood and now, in politics, the only solace that I derive is when I am in a wildlife park. The Supreme Court ban on wildlife tourism in “core areas” has come as a shock to me. With this ban on wildlife tourism, I …
NEW DELHI: Extending the ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for the depleting population of the wild cats in the country. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar put some searching questions to the …
The Union Environment Ministry’s expert appraisal committee has objected to West Bengal’s Super Critical Imported Coal Based Thermal Power Plant at Nayachar Island, saying that it stands on ecologically fragile ground. For the Mamata Banerjee government, the objection to this project near Haldia in East Medinipur district brings bigger worries …
Aug. 27: The Union environment ministry has raised concerns over the proposed power plant on Nayachar island, casting a cloud on the Rs 8,600-crore investment proposal by NRI businessman Prasoon Mukherjee. At a meeting earlier this month with Bengal government officials, an expert appraisal committee under the central ministry asked …
New Delhi: Lease out 150 sq km of prime forest land to private tourism companies next to a prominent tiger reserve for 50 years. Buy it, if possible. Run an exclusive resort on the cordoned off land with rents up to $4,000 a night providing revenue of up to $4 …
Interim ban on tourism activities in reserves will continue Even as it extended its interim order banning tourist activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for inaction on protecting the tiger population. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter …
NAGAON, Aug 22 – Addressing media persons at Nagaon Circuit House here today, Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain observed that a vested circle has been trying to create misunderstanding among the people about the recent interim order of the Supreme Court banning tourism in the core areas of tiger reserves until …
New Delhi: Upset with the Union government’s U-turn on banning tourism in core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Centre appeared more concerned about commercial activity than protecting tigers. It mocked the Centre’s crude attempt to wriggle out of its month-old stand and said the …
New Delhi: The Union environment ministry’s eco-tourism guidelines, which promote community-based activities in the core of tiger habitats, could become a collateral victim of hectic lobbying from the influential tourism lobby. The ministry on Wednesday sought time from the apex court to review its freshly-minted guidelines as the tourism lobby …
‘States feel ban will affect local people dependent on tourism for livelihood’ Under pressure from various States, the Central government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court seeking permission to review the guidelines issued under the Wildlife (Protection) Act for the States to ban all tourism activities in core …
Jaipur: A month after the Supreme Court banned tourism in core areas of tiger reserves on the basis of Union environment ministry's guidelines, the ministry did an about turn on Tuesday, telling the court that it needed to rethink the guidelines. The SC order banning tourism in core areas had …
