When opposite poles attract
Tourism and conservation need not necessarily be in conflict with each other; handled with care, they can also benefit from each other.
Water wonder
Buhanpur Municipal Corporation in Madhya Pradesh revives a unique underground water system of the 17th century, Khooni bhandara, to solve the city'…
Does government know one ecotourism from another?
Is the Andaman Works Department an expert body on eco-tourism? It will, in the near future, monitor the construction of hotels and resorts on …
The Lewa Conservation Way
In East Africa,meat and tusk are livelihood for many. In this milieu, Lewa, Kenya shows how community involvement aids conservation
Decline of the Aravallis
The pressure on land threatens the vivid and spectacular biodiversity of these hills
Changing colours
The Goan government echoes environmental concerns in its state budget
Controversy in Kenya
Trends in high places
Traditional timber-and-slate houses vs a neo-concrete nightmare in a Himachal village
Wilidlife photography ain't that simple
Photographs of wildlife in controlled situations have fostered an exotic image of the wild
If stingrays had lawyers
Odisha takes its first step towards promoting turtle tourism
The state held its first Olive Ridley turtle festival to give way to eco-tourism and in turn conserve turtles
Two steps ahead
After becoming the first large state to achieve total sanitation, Himachal Pradesh is all geared up to manage its waste and ensure cleanliness. …
Kashmir gets warmer
Rising winter temperatures make rain and snowfall erratic in the valley, deplete streams
A holiday in bad air
Book>> Visit Sunny Chernobyl And Other Adventures In The World’s Most Polluted Places • by Andrew Blackwell • Rodale Books &…
Should conservation be privatised?
Since the late 1960s, many African countries, including Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, have adopted a new approach to conservation.…
New eco-tourism guidelines likely to favour tourism industry
MoEF panel recommends opening up to 20 per cent of core tiger habitats in reserves for tourism; earlier guidelines proposed only community-based …
Can a winter festival revive Ladakh's tourism amid Indo-China standoff?
The tourism sector accounts for 50% of Ladakh's GDP
Tourism threatened
Mounting problem
Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide
Death of a Tigress
A hit-and-run case in Bandhavgarh. Who did it?
After Joshimath, it could be Karnaprayag, Nainital and other Uttarakhand towns next, say experts
Policy interventions are needed on construction work in Himalayan regions to avoid a repeat of Joshimath, according to experts
Cruise tourism in India: Sailing into troubled waters
The shipping industry contributes around 3.01 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions annually; a single ship emits particulate matter equivalent to …
Writing on the wall: Infrastructure projects are destroying Western Ghats
The time to put off the inevitable question about human relationship to nature is long past. Our assumption that we can control and modify nature …
Govt's reason for CRZ amendments: 'See and enjoy beauty of mighty seas'
The contentious new Coastal Regulation Zone notification gives precedence to economic developments over saving fragile ecosystems
Up for grabs
Goa suffers the infiltration of its pristine landscapes by groups with vested commercial interests