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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Diversity Index Lab Introduction: The measure of the biodiversity of organisms in a given area is known as the diversity index. The diversity index values will vary between 0‚ which would indicate no diversity‚ and 1‚ which is very diverse. Any values above 0.5 usually indicate a relatively diverse population. For example‚ a healthy forest or woodland should have a diversity index of 0.7. An area that is not very diverse‚ like a cornfield‚ might have a diversity index of 0.02 or less. In this
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Environment Deforestation can cause many societal and environmental problems which can make our lives on earth even more challenging. Some of these challenges include: loss of biodiversity‚ the destruction of forest- based societies and climatic disruption. According to the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio Janeiro‚ biodiversity may be defined as‚ “the variability among living organisms from all sources including‚ inter alia‚ terrestrial‚ marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes
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IBAs are extremely important for bird and general biodiversity protection and should be included in the PA network system. Similarly‚ the Wildlife Trust of India along with the Asian Elephant Research and the Conservation Centre have identified 88 elephant corridors that also need protection and lie outside the PA network Besides the official PAs‚ there are numerous sacred groves‚ scattered all over the country‚ that are important for biodiversity conservation. Some sacred groves represent forest
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Your Majesty‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ dear eco-tourists‚ Welcome to Oslo. And welcome to this Conference (on global ecotourism) Norway is famous for its beautiful fjords‚ mountains and scenery. They are major tourist attractions. In fact‚ some of the Norwegian fjord landscapes are on the World Heritage List. Ours is therefore a precious heritage. A heritage that belongs not just to present day tourists and Norwegians‚ but to future generations as well. It is our duty to take good care of
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Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S‚ and it protects an unrivaled landscape that provides vital habitat for many rare‚ exotic‚ and endangered species‚ which includes including the American Crocodile‚ the Florida Panther‚ and the West Indian Manatee. This national treasure and designated World Heritage Site‚ and International Biosphere Reserve‚ and Wetland of International Importance is an expansive area of land in South Florida‚ consisting of 1.5 million acres
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unique heritage of the individuals of Trinidad and Tobago. It was noted that sustainable development and the long term affluence of the nation is dependent upon the conservation and proper management of the biological assets. Trinidad and Tobago’s biodiversity is recognised nationally and internationally as being rich and diverse and as such critical to the country’s economic development‚ its agriculture‚ water supply‚ tourism potential‚ quality of life and the recreation of its people (Ministry Of Legal
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3. Tankwa Karoo National Park (Northern Cape) In 1986 the Tankwa Karoo National Park (TKNP)‚ situated within the Succulent Karoo‚ was acknowledged as a national park (Bester et al.‚ 2012; Rubin‚ 1998; Van der Merwe et al.‚ 2015). It is therefore seen as a youngster amongst South Africa’s other National Parks (Bester et al.‚ 2012). The vision of the TKNP is to “endeavour towards the conservation of the TKNP through the integrated‚ effective and adaptive management of ecological systems‚ cultural heritage
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CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction This chapter comprises of the background‚ statement of the problem‚ objectives of the study‚ research questions‚ significance of the study‚ the scope of the study and the conceptual framework. 1.2 Background to the problem Every 10 years‚ the IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) brings together conservation experts from around the world to share information and ideas‚ and set a global policy agenda for protected areas. The 5th IUCN World Parks Congress was held
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cost of environmental degradation is considerably high. According to a recent assessment made by the World Bank (WB)1‚ the cost of environmental neglect and degradation to the economy has amounted to Rs. 365 billion during the current year. Biodiversity in Pakistan is also under serious threat due to excessive depletion of natural resources. 1 Pakistan: Strategic Country Environment Assessment by WB (Sep‚ 2007) The latest red-list of endangered species in Pakistan‚ released by the World Conservation
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