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 …
Everybody travels and everybody stays at hotels one time or another but travelling comes with a steep carbon as well as water footprint. For example, every day you stay at a hotel, you might burn enough fossil fuels to release more than 33 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. …
Despite drawing severe flak on the translocation of gaurs the MP Forest Department is going ahead with the similar process of shifting barasingha from Kanha to Satpura and few animals from Van Vihar to some favourable destination, writes Vivek Trivedi Madhya Pradesh might be rich in forests and wildlife but …
The camp will ensure quick reaction in man-animal conflict Tamil Nadu Government has sanctioned Rs. 1.5 crore to set up a kumki elephant (tamed/trained) camp at Chadivayal at the foothills of Siruvani. The Forest Department has nearly 60 kumki elephants at its elephant camps in Mudumalai and at Anamalai Tiger …
Where mules hauled stone out of quarries, birds and butterflies flit between trees. The reclamation of the capital’s infamous mines is complete It helps to know your sandpipers on a visit to south Delhi’s Bhatti Mines forest. Home to more than 100 bird species — against just 74 found in …
Area near Kodagu forests to be developed as tourism village Kanjirakolli, a village on the foothills of the Western Ghats bordering the Kodagu range of evergreen forests in Karnataka, is set to be developed as a major highland tourism destination. The village, set against the backdrop of rolling hills and …
The Madhya Pradesh forest department’s wildlife wing, in association with the Wildlife Institute of India, is close to introducing the extinct cheetah at Palpur Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Sheopur district. The last Asiatic cheetahs were seen in this part of the world in the middle of the previous century. This …
Siliguri, Aug. 25: The Siliguri Municipal Corporation will propose to the state government to develop the town as an eco-tourism destination, the decision coming a day after travel operators urged the mayor to help Siliguri become more than a mere transit point for hill and Dooars visitors. As a first …
KolkataThe Mamata Banerjee government on Friday scrapped the proposed petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment region (PCPIR) at Nayachar in East Midnapore district, citing environmental reasons. While in the Opposition, the Trinamool Congress had opposed the Nayachar project vociferously. The government had announced that it would not allow a nuclear power …
Guwahati: The North East Dialogue Forum (NEDF) today organized a Civil Society Consultation on the First Draft Recommendations for the State of Assam’s Strategy and Action Plan on Climate Change. Discussions were held on the thematic areas which are proposed in the climate plan with more emphasis on areas like …
SILCHAR: The Union Ministry of Tourism, North East section, sanctioned Rs. 605.42 lakh for tourism develpment in Barak Valley and the two hill districts of Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong. The package as outlined then includes improvement of road from the foot hills of Bhuban Hills to the temple of …
SHILLONG: The North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) has, after many hiccups successfully carved out a niche for itself as a facilitating agency to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable groups in a sustainable manner. Through improved management of the resource base of villagers the project helps in preserving …
The mission of this Policy is not to remedy a panacea but to create a direction that will drive the tourism industry in Manipur and to let the dynamics of the industry to take over thereafter. The Policy seeks to harness the tourism potential of Manipur and to present to …
The South Korean government on Wednesday finalized an $17.9 billion blueprint to create an "ecological tourism belt" in regions near the border with North Korea by 2030, local media reported. The blueprint fleshed out a plan to turn the areas near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), a 4-km (2.5 mile) wide …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Secretary BK Patnaik emphasised the need to protect natural environment and sanctity of the landscapes while developing wildlife and eco-tourism projects in the State. Patnaik, who reviewed the bio-sphere management programmes at a high-level meeting here, advised the Tourism and Forest and Environment departments to create awareness among …
Forest department has requested state Forest Ministry to set up a committee to scrutinize the suggestions and objections received in response to the Forest Policy, 2011. The formal request has been sent through a file after state government agreed to screen the suggestions through the committee of experts before including …
The 20 years project of which 10 will be grace period begins this September Wildlife Conservation 22 July, 2011 - The World Bank yesterday gave the country USD 2.25M in its efforts to conserving wildlife and controlling its trade. Wildlife conservation division under the forest and park service department will, …
The Madhya Pradesh Eco-Tourism Development Board will organise a workshop at the conference room of Forest Rest House from Monday. At the workshop, discussions will be held on providing regular livelihood to local rural craftsmen and making market available to them at eco-tourism and forest tourist destinations. The workshop will …
Dibrugarh: The Minister of Tourism and Transport, Chandan Brahma, inaugurated the Sasoni Merbeel Eco Tourism Project, the first community-based eco tourism project at Sasoni in Dibrugarh district on July 3. The State Government had sanctioned five crore rupees for the project. The minister made the announcement of the release of …
JODHPUR: After Jaipur, it's now Jodhpur which will soon have a new address for the wildlife, kept in zoo currently. Being developed as a natural habitat for the wildlife and a tourist spot, Machia Biological Park, the work of which is under progress, will be opened for people by 2012 …
The (Draft) Guidelines for Ecotourism in and around Protected Areas were issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on June 2, 2011 and comments invited by June 30, 2011. Through detailed comments and documentation, Equations have recommended that the Ministry recognise the primacy of the Gram Sabha and the …
