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 …
With the Forest Department starting cutting of around 450 mango trees at Horticulture Park at Attari, just a few kilometres from the International Border, the environmentalists are fuming. Dejected with the Punjab Government’s “indifferent” attitude towards environment, the environmentalists have decided to approach the green tribunal in this connection. Earlier, …
West Bengal, in its bid to prioritise sustainable development and eco-friendly practices, has got the ball rolling to promote eco-tourism on a large scale in the state. This includes plans to set up a bird sanctuary in Kolkata on the lines of Singapore's Jurong Bird Park, a step the government …
The new green tax for tourists will be introduced in Maldives from November 2015 at a rate of US$6 per bed per night. Read more in November 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Maldives. ENVIRONMENT Maldives Minister of Environment and Energy Thoriq Ibrahim has called on …
The Odisha government has decided to prepare a master plan for promotion and development of ecotourism destinations involving various communities, tour operators and other stakeholders. Reviewing the progress of eco-tourism projects in a meeting, chief secretary Gokul Chandra Pati on Tuesday said that wildlife conservation and eco-tourism would be integrated …
Water bottles, cups and polythene bags dumped everywhere Dumping of plastic materials at many places along the 27-kilometre-long ghat road from Karavalli to Kolli Hills is a cause for concern as it not only causes environmental degradation but also poses threat to eco tourism. Empty plastic drinking water bottles and …
Six facilities of the Himachal Pradesh forest department have been given on rent via public-private partnership (PPP) to function as eco-tourism sites, under the revised policy. In a written reply to the Assembly on Thursday, Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri said these projects were given to five entrepreneurs. The projects …
Visakhapatnam: The state government has accorded permission to the principal chief conservator of forests for diversion of four hectares of forest land in Visakhapatnam district for 'Karthikavanam' eco-tourism project near Yendada in favour of Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda). In a GO issued on Wednesday, the state government said the …
Officers within the organisation were worried the Great Keppel Island eco-tourism resort could harm water quality and coral The Great Barrier Reef marine park authority identified serious reef health concerns related to a large marina development it later approved, according to the ABC. The marina is part of a $600m …
Federal court undoes 2005 legislation paving way for eco-tourism projects around three rivers Indigenous groups have won a four-year legal battle to undo development restrictions in Cape York imposed by Queensland's former Labor government. Federal court judge Andrew Greenwood has declared invalid April 2009 development restrictions on the Archer, Lockhart …
Asks Forest Officials To ‘Shed Negativity’ And Work With Tourism Dept Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is pushing ahead with her plan to develop eco-tourism hubs near protected forests, ignoring objections from senior officials. Mamata met forest officers on Wednesday and asked them to work in tandem with the tourism department …
UNESCO is adding Japan’s Southern Alps mountain range and the Tadami beech forest to its global list of biosphere reserves, the government learned Thursday. Known as eco parks in Japan, the U.N. agency assigns biosphere reserve status to regions that exemplify a balance of human activity and nature. But at …
Dolloi Chiefs of Jaintia Hills agree to work with SPIKAP to implement GEF/ UNDP pilot project grant for protection of six Sacred Forests, as a pilot project and to also sensitise those incharge of the Community Village Forest, Clan Forest and Large tracts of Private Forest A meeting of the …
Panaji has been concretized in a big way over the last few years. The Goa tourism development corporation (GTDC), designated by the government as a special purpose vehicle (SPV), has drawn up a green project of 39.72 crore which is likely to help keep intact the green face of the …
AGRA: The UP tourism department has come up with a Rs 5 crore plan to boost eco-tourism in the state by overhauling Sur Sarovar bird sanctuary, which is home to over 100 species of local and migratory birds. The sanctuary, which is located 20-km from Agra, got the national status …
Apathetic attitude towards writing and implementing forest working plans in right spirit by forest officials has drawn state government's attention. Principal secretary (forests) Praveen Pardeshi has asked head of forest force (HoFF) to take the issue seriously and also fix responsibilities for the lapses. TOI on May 3 had reported …
The forest department has decided to send a fresh proposal to the state government for the construction of a 25-km cycle track that it had planned in the interiors of Harsul, Peth and surrounding areas. The department is also planning for an alternative route for the track and will be …
Township: The issue of biological corridor (BC) affecting the progress of the Rinchenthang Township in Nganglam, Samdrupjongkhar may be deliberated in the upcoming Parliament session. The business community of Nganglam raised the issue of how the government could carry out constructions within the corridor while people were not allowed to …
This study is conducted to examine the positive and negative environmental impacts of ecotourism in Kodagu district. The study involved the participations of the experts who have visited and settled in the district. Original Source
The Karnataka Tourism Policy 2014-19 aims to position Karnataka as a visible global brand in tourism for visitors as well as investors by encouraging development of relevant infrastructure through partnerships between private sector, government and the community. Strategic intervention areas have been identified with a view to support local entrepreneurship …
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 …
