Kenya's Ogiek tribe fights government to return home
World Water Week discusses green options to manage water resources
Municipality in South Africa awarded for water and sanitation work
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With no income options, Ghangharia residents want forestland for hotels
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Budget 2023-24 live: Greening the economy is among top 7 priorities, says Nirmala Sitharaman in budget speech
Live updates from the budget speech February 1, 2023
Tourist behaviour in Western Ghats robbing simians of their foraging skills, hurting forest ecosystem, activists say
The animals are often given food in packaging, which they discard deep inside forests and pollute the natural environment
Chamundi Hill ropeway plan in Mysuru resurfaces, green activists maintain opposition
A decision will be taken only after a thorough evaluation of pros and cons, state tourism minister HK Patil stated
Timber travails
After completing two years as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh Mukut Mithi is proud to relate his government's achievements while …
Ecotourism: Scrambling for paradise
Does tourism always have to be a threat to the environment? Not anymore, claim the promoters of the globally emerging industry of ecotourism. …
World Tourism Day: COVID -19 an opportunity to rethink Himalayan tourism
This September 27, it is time to turn the pandemic into an opportunity by looking at tourism in a different light and redesigning the current …
More than 100,000 tourists will head to Antarctica this summer. Should we worry about damage to the ice and its ecosystems?
Visits are concentrated in highly sensitive ecological areas for only a few months per year
Shipwrecks can teach us a lot. But the submersible incident is a warning: Experts to DTE
The shipwreck tourism industry in India is still very small and elite; but this could change
Safety from numbers: Tourism in the Himalayas is not uniform; its impacts though are detrimental
Over-exploitation of some Himalayan towns due to huge influx of people and vehicles can be dealt with by developing more tourist spots and …
Uttarakhand’s plans to create 100,000 ‘ecopreneurs’ raises hope and questions
Some experts have questioned the approach as well as the ambitious target number of trainees, which equates to around one per cent of the state&…
Resistance to mega-tourism is rising in the South Pacific — but will governments put words into action?
Pacific countries are calling for fairer and more meaningful relationships with tourism partners
Peripheries: new destinations for vacations
Poverty is not to be relished as a visual prop, or an object of aesthetic appeasement—immunising us to “a new normal” of …
Tourism industry faced losses worth $2.6 trillion in 2020-2022
While tourism has rebounded, both tourist numbers and export revenues in 2022 remained 34% below 2019 levels
Lions are still being farmed in South Africa for hunters and tourism — they shouldn’t be
In 2019, around 8,000 lions were held in over 350 facilities in South Africa, when the wild population was 3,500
Asia pacific sets out to create next-generation tourism industry
Members will work together to boost innovation and promote digital technologies in the tourism sector
Sandakhpu trek: attempt at saving the Himalayas
The trekking community should come together and establish a sort of trust and social enterprise to save the fragile environment of the mountains
A junkyard in the sky
An average trekker uses as much firewood in a day as an average Nepali family would in a week.
Supreme Court bans tourism in core tiger habitats
Court slaps fine of Rs 10,000 each on states that have not notified buffer zone around tiger reserves even after the deadline for it was extended …
Sustainable tourism needs to be built with the help of locals
It is not about managing a destination, but a community with permanent residents and tourists, the latter being understood as temporary residents