Bangalore lakes leased out

Volte-face

Tuskers going tusk-less in Tanzania

The rising number of tusk-less elephants in Tanzania could be due to genetic reasons, not poaching, says the government

Flood on hilltop

Unplanned development is leading to floods in Lonavala. This can stop if the municipality declares it a hill station

Pilgrims discounted

Uttarakhand is still vulnerable to a disaster like last year's because of unregulated tourism

Ready for only tourists

Uttarakhand government has carried out rehabilitation projects only in tourist circles and ignored other areas that were hit by floods last year

Tourism to be prohibited in Jarawa reserve

Cabinet approves regulation declaring five km reserved area inhabited by the aboriginal tribe as buffer zone

Twice Unlucky

In 1962, it was the Indo-Chinese war. Now it is the creation of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Once again, the Bhotiyas, who inhabit the …

Drying wetlands

Ladakh's high altitude wetlands are under severe stress from the livestock population as well as tourist influx

Eco-tourism guidelines submitted in court misleading: MoEF panel members

Request minister’s intervention on eve of hearing in Supreme Court

Supreme Court to hear plea over survey of Himalayan states

Sustainability potential, carrying capacity of the 13 states in Himalayan region has not been studied, alleges plea; warns of more ecological …

CAG flags community centre under FRA actually MP govt tourist lodge in Pench

CAG slams action as being tantamount to misuse of powers by forest department and against spirit of Forest (Conservation) Act

Should ivory trade be legalised?

International ban on ivory trade has neither reduced elephant poaching nor the volume of the illegal trade. Is it time the trade is legalised? …

Redemption from litter

Uttarakhand non-profits have taken responsibility for clearing tourists’ plastic waste

GOT IT!

Think tourism in India and the first images that will flash through your mind is -- the Taj Mahal and the Indian tiger. Tigers, and the protected …

Supreme Court gives Centre time till September 27 to review tiger tourism guidelines

Till then ban on tourism in core tiger habitats will prevail

Ladakh's nomads could lose lifeline to sanctuary

Joshimath crisis: Tourist influx in Himalayan states adding to ecological burden

Tourism infrastructure in Hindu Kush Himalayan region poorly planned, 2019 ICIMOD report found

Legal protection for wildlife corridors, soon: Jayanthi Natarajan

Several elephant habitats and forest corridors used by wildlife fall outside sanctuaries and parks

Mount Abu notification sparks protests

Illegal buildings trigger erosion, threaten Puri beach

Paradise in peril

Galpagos, an archipelago straddling the equator 1,000 km west of Ecuador, is probably the world's best-known biodiversity zone. But alien species …

Fixing old houses on Himalaya

German architect Andre Alexander has been restoring old buildings in the Tibetan capital Lhasa for 15 years now. Over the past few years he has …

Opening up, but tread softly

April 2003 saw two diverse regions in India take a similar decision. Both partially opened the door to tourism in hitherto protected belts. One …

SC stays order evicting resorts near Mudumalai sanctuary

Madras High Court had given three months to vacate the area