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Myriad Faces Of Tourism  |
| September 04, 2010 |
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| With diverse experiences and research in sustainable tourism, EQUATIONS has the wherewithal to justifiably turn into an advisory... |
| The Equal and Opposite Effect |
| August 30, 2010 |
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| We have never before witnessed such a huge multi-billion rupee racket as the Commonwealth Games in... |
| State tourism policy scrutinized by various concerned organizations |
| August 29, 2010 |
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| The second and the final day of the Regional Consultation on Responsible Tourism in the North Eastern States of... |
| NE Tourism conference has an eye for future prospects |
| August 26, 2010 |
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| A two-day regional consultation on responsible tourism in the North Eastern states of India kicked off this... |
| NE tourism stakeholders to brainstorm at Gangtok for responsible tourism code |
| August 25, 2010 |
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| A two day regional consultation on ‘responsible tourism’ in the North-eastern region of India organized by... |
West Bengal
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Here you can find the Key Interventions (Campaigns, Events and Other Interventions) related to this State. These can be sorted year wise. On clicking a Title, you can read online and download the respective Key Intervention.
Presently, Key Interventions from the year 2006 to 2009 are available.
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Letter to Shri. Jairam Ramesh on Pre Draft CRZ Notification 2010May 28, 2010 | Campaigns
This is our letter to Shri. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forest (MoEF), on our comments on the Pre Draft CRZ Notification 2010 in the context of tourism. We continue to demand for a comprehensive legislation and not a notification to regulate coastal activities, to protect coasts and the livelihoods of the coastal communities dependent on it. |
Here you can find Resources (Papers, Publications and Presentations) linked to this State. These can be sorted year wise. On clicking a Title, you can read online and download the respective Resource. Please do acknowledge EQUATIONS when quoting from or using these resources in any manner.
Presently, Resources from the year 2006 to 2009 are available.
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EQUATIONS comments to the Pre Draft Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010May 28, 2010 | Papers
While we continue to identify various instances of CRZ violations by the tourism industry across the country, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in April 2010, issued another Pre Draft Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010 to amend the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 1991. MoEF continues to take the notification route in spite of a longstanding demand by coastal communities, movements and civil society organisations for a comprehensive legislation to regulate the coast. A democratic system of governance calls for a regulatory mechanism through legislation for the significant and extensive coastline of India. This brief paper is our comments related to tourism and the Pre Draft Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010. Our covering letter to Minister Jairam Ramesh is also uploaded. |
Identified as a World Heritage Site, the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve presents a complex scenario of human habitation impacts, conservation issues, livelihood issues, and conflicts between people and the government particularly on evictions. In 2002 we made a visit to the region to understand firsthand the ground realities of the 700 crore mega tourism project that was given the go-ahead by the Government of West Bengal. In 2004-05, we launched a campaign along with many other groups in West Bengal against Sahara’s tourism project in Sundarban. The Sahara tourism project in the order of US$155 million (700 crores) was planned over 303.5 hectares of land on a number of islands. Traditional fishermen in the region had been denied access to traditional fishing grounds and many were evicted under the order of the Supreme Court and by developmental activities of the government. Community’s traditional fishing areas were proposed to be restricted for tourism purposes. Environmental laws like the provisions of EIA notification (1994) were also violated in which restricted public access to information. The campaign centred on adverse ecological impacts of the proposed project and livelihood concerns of the local communities, and demanded the scrapping of this preposterous project. The project was shelved by the Government citing environmental reasons in 2006.
More recently, in 2009, we learnt of the Government of West Bengal inviting the World Bank to conduct a tourism assessment on the Sundarban National Park. This is an integral part of a series of studies the WB Government has requested from the World Bank, which will be assembled and supported through a non-lending technical assistance (NLTA) program. The studies will be undertaken in a variety of areas related to climate change adaptation, environmental management, biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development. We have informed local NGO partners of this development and are keeping track of how this new initiative unfolds. As expected news of this is not in the public domain and the communities of Sundarban may yet again be subject to a tourism project or plans that are not in their interest or in their control. Watch this space!
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