ECOTOURISM Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile‚ pristine‚ and relatively undisturbed natural areas‚ intended as a low-impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial (mass) tourism. Its purpose may be to educate the traveler‚ to provide funds for ecological conservation‚ to directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities‚ or to foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Since the 1980s ecotourism has
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poignant words‚ tells the story of ‘Dor’‚ exploring a web of relationships‚ struggles of value and tradition‚ strung together by the lives of two women and the travel of their story through space‚ culture and time. The serene hills and the scorching deserts are bridged together with the story of Zeenat and Meena. Through Ananya’s article we go through the motions of life as told by Bollywood and is a beautiful example of
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Pakistan encompasses the varied landscapes that make up the land constituting modern-day Pakistan‚ which are a blend of its geological history‚ and its climate over the past few million years. MINES Coal Mines Thar coalfield The Thar coalfield is located in Thar Desert‚ Tharparkar District of Sindh province in Pakistan. The deposits - 6th largest coal reserves in the world‚ were discovered in 1991 by Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) and the United States Agency for International Development
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INTRODUCTION like a circle‚ a tour represents a journey that is a round trip‚ i.e.‚ the act of leaving and then returning to the original starting point‚ and therefore‚ one who takes such a journey can be called a tourist. Over the decades‚ tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening ?diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Tourism has become a thriving global industry with the power to shape developing countries in both positive and negative
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of India’s natural vegetation. The many features that characterize the natural vegetation of India are the tropical deciduous forests‚ the tropical rain forests‚ the alpine and tundra vegetation‚ rain forests of Southern India‚ Himalayan vegetation‚ the desert region‚ the temperature forests and grasslands and many more. A major role is played by the tropical rain forests‚ in the natural vegetation in India. These forests include the tropical semi-evergreen forests and the tropical evergreen forests. A
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disappearing fast and soil is being eroded or exhausted. Deserts are marching and forests are disappearing. The world‚ particularly the Third World‚ is being threatened with food shortage and over-population and the ills associated with these. Many areas are in danger of desertification. The Sahara in about ten years has moved south by 100 kilometres. The Thar desert in Rajasthan in India is marching at the rate of half a mile a year. Deserts have eaten into the Horn of Africa and much of the south-west
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(chief revenue – tax on agriculture) An environmental mosaic Rome: Alps‚ Mediterranean Sea‚ forests‚ Tiber and other rivers‚ hills Han: Tianshan mountains‚ Yellow and Yangtze Rivers‚ loess soil‚ Pacific Ocean. Gupta: Indus and Ganges Rivers‚ Thar Desert‚ Deccan Plateau‚ Himalayas Several small states with no clearly dominant state (power vacuum) Rome and other city-states on Italian peninsula; surrounding states in Mediterranean (Greek states‚ Egypt‚ Judea‚ Syria‚ Cyprus‚ Gaul‚ Romania‚ Spain
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Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Introduction The Indian subcontinent boasts of serving as the natural habitat of a large and varied wildlife. The sub-continent with it’s varied geographical spread from the Himalayas in the north to the Cauvery basin in the south and the Kutch region in the west to the plains of Assam in East present a diverse range of environmental conditions for some of the most magnificent as well as the rarest wildlife species of the world in India to exist. The beauty
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everything else about India- its people‚ its culture‚ its topography. India is a composite in many ways - and at the core of this composite trait lies its vast and varied topography. From snow capped mountains to clear streams and vast oceans‚ from a desert habitat to lush green tropical forests‚ large plain lands‚ plateaus and mountains - we have it all and even more. India experiences 4 seasons: The Summer Season‚ The Monsoon Season‚ The Season of Retreating Monsoon and the The Cold Weather Season. In
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Does technology owe ecology an apology? If we look deep down in the roots of the evolution of the Homo Sapiens from the primate apes‚ we notice a basic and natural tendency of the evolving man; to find for himself the best and to develop his life and the way of his living‚ and this is the behavior which sets him apart from the rest of the organisms. The zest‚ for him to find the best had and will lead him to develop‚ not only physically‚ but‚ also mentally. Due to this tendency the primate apes
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