Community-based wildlife conservation is bringing success to Tanzania

A few villages set aside land for wildlife conservation in return for the majority of tourism revenues, allowing rural communities & private …

NGT lifts conditional ban on camping along Ganga River near Rishikesh

Camping activities can be done only at 25 identified sites that are set up beyond 100 metres of the river

Corbett Tiger Reserve issues shoot-at-sight order to tackle poaching

The authorities have also issued order for extensive frisking of visitors to the park and barring villagers in the vicinity from entering the …

Does tourism really suffer at sites listed as World Heritage In Danger?

Three other famous tourist destinations have also been in the spotlight of the World Heritage Committee, with little indication that this has …

Back to the pollution board

Industrialists in Agra and Firozabad are in a tizzy about the Supreme Court's order to close down more than 200 polluting industrial units near …

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.

Of shikaras and slums

The colony that has mushroomed upon the Dal Lake is the only slum on water in Srinagar. A byproduct of the proxy war between India and Pakistan,…

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

Controversy in Kenya

Changing colours

The Goan government echoes environmental concerns in its state budget

Decline of the Aravallis

The pressure on land threatens the vivid and spectacular biodiversity of these hills

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 …

Nusrat Jahan’s video with orangutans sends wrong message, influencers shouldn't promote wild animals in entertainment

The actor-politician can use her influence to educate millions on kindness to animals & importance of wildlife protection

Study highlights need for tourism industry to curb emissions: Yellowstone case shows travel’s big footprint

The park generates over 1.03 megatonnes of CO2 annually, travel to and from the park contributes to 90% of it

Can a winter festival revive Ladakh's tourism amid Indo-China standoff?

The tourism sector accounts for 50% of Ladakh's GDP