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Rights of the Child in the Context of Tourism (Hindi) 
December 01, 2012
Across the globe, the development of tourism is raising questions as to who are its real beneficiaries...
 
Tiger Conservation Guidelines Do Not Promote Sustainable Tourism 
October 16, 2012
The comprehensive guidelines for tiger conservation and tourism issued by...
 
Activists Write To Minister Against New Tiger Tourism Norms 
October 02, 2012
Two members of a National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) panel set up to...
 
Eco-Tourism Guidelines Submitted In Court Misleading MoEF Panel Members 
October 02, 2012
Two members of the panel set up by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to...
 
Caught In The Fire 
August 25, 2012
Mobile phones were on vibrate mode and buzzing with...
 
RESOURCE CENTER
Welcome to our Resource Center! Here you can find all the ‘Papers’, ‘Publications’, ‘Newsletters’ and ‘Presentations’ published by us. We are trying to make all our early work accessible publicly. Some of the digitised versions are scanned from hard copies and might not be searchable and sometimes not very legible. Please excuse this. Different ‘Galleries’ of photographs related to our work in tourism are also available. The section called ‘EQUATIONS in the Media’ indicates media reports related to our work or impact. The ‘Related Links’ section provides links to the websites of other organisations who, like us, work specifically on tourism critique and impacts.
 
LATEST PAPERS
Missing the Woods for the Trees? 
August 02, 2012
On July 24th, 2012, the Supreme Court passed an interim order in the case of Ajay Dubey vs. National Tiger Conservation Authority & Ors. (SLA (Civil) No (s). 21339/2011 disallowing tourism in core areas of Tiger Reserves and a direction that all states notify the core and buffer areas of tiger reserves within 3 weeks. This interim order has generated a lot of debate in the country in which conservationists, tourism industry and forest rights activists have vociferously participated. EQUATIONS Commentary on the interim order seeks to debate these from the point of view of communities in and around protected areas.


AN ALL OUT WAR 
April 19, 2012
On March 2nd 2012, the Bangalore City Civil Court Complex saw a bout of unprecedented violence on the lawyers by the police and the media. PUCL and PDF came together to conduct a fact finding on the incidents that took place on that day. EQUATIONS was also a member on the fact finding team.


Inhuman and Illegal Demolition and Eviction at Hampi Bazaar 
March 30, 2012
In July 2011, the district administration authorities of Hampi, one of the most important tourist destinations in India, demolished more than 200 shops located in the historic Hampi Bazaar, and justified the act by claiming the shops were illegal encroachments. Some of the shops had homes attached to them, and this inhuman demolition forced hundreds of people on to the streets, with no access to basic facilities such as housing, sanitation, medical facilities and clean water. EQUATIONS conducted a fact-finding on the demolition and subsequent eviction.


LATEST PUBLICATIONS
Rights of the Child in the Context of Tourism (Hindi) 
December 01, 2012

Rights of the Child in the Context of TourismAcross the globe, the development of tourism is raising questions as to who are its real beneficiaries. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) puts tourism’s contribution to the world’s GDP at US$ 514 Billion. However, tourism development is highly unregulated and not monitored for its negative impacts. The mitigation of its negative impacts is also not on the developmental agenda. A little known and even less acknowledged impact is that on children. Tourism development without accountability and protective measures has led to sexual exploitation of children, trafficking, pornography and an increase in child labour. The children are also vulnerable to drugs, crime and alienation from their families and communities. This publication is a compilation of contributions from various organizations and writers on the impact of tourism on children.

 


IFIs and Tourism: Perspectives and Debates 
August 23, 2012
IFIs and Tourism: Perspectives and DebatesThis dossier is located within the context of increasing global discontent and community protest against interventions of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in the developing world. It specifically presents a questioning and critique of their operations in tourism. As the nature and impacts of tourism cross boundaries and affects entire regions, we present an analysis of the issue based on experiences from the Asian region and in specific areas of focus of IFI activities. The dossier has important contributions from activists who have been writing and campaigning on these issues, in addition to EQUATIONS’ own work on monitoring and researching IFI activities in tourism. It also includes the depositions on the tourism sector which was part of the Independent People’s Tribunal on the World Bank Group held from the 21st – 24th of September, 2007 in New Delhi. This dossier aims to reach out to movements, grassroots groups, civil society organisations, researchers and policy makers drawing attention to the implications of increasing IFI activities in tourism in the region. We call for more research, campaign and advocacy on these critical issues.


Women Street Vendors & Tourism: Negotiating Lives and Spaces 
June 26, 2012
Women Street Vendors & Tourism: Negotiating Lives and SpacesThis study explores the issues of women street vendors at 4 tourism sites - Bodhgaya (Bihar), Bhubaneswar, Puri (Odisha) and Goa in context of tourism. It documents the issues of street vending like realities and challenges faced by women street vendors, perspectives of stakeholders and the policy and regulations. It highlights the gaps in National Urban Street Vendor Policy 2004 & 2009 and the Model Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill 2009. A consultation on Street Vendors & Tourism: Right to Livelihood and Space was organised to share experiences from the field and bring tourism into ongoing debates. The report of the consultation is also included in this publication.



 


LATEST NEWSLETTER
ANLetter Volume 7 Issue 1 
November 30, 2000
ANLetter is EQUATIONS’ newsletter, which was produced until the year 2000. The  central aim is to increase awareness on the impacts of tourism, especially on local communities at tourism destinations, and the necessity to make tourism development non-exploitative, equitable and sustainable. The articles , contributions both by EQUATIONS staff team as well as relevant articles commissioned or featured articles provide a basis for action and change at both policy and implementation stage.


ANLetter Volume 6 Issue 2 
August 31, 1998
ANLetter is EQUATIONS’ newsletter, which was produced until the year 2000. The  central aim is to increase awareness on the impacts of tourism, especially on local communities at tourism destinations, and the necessity to make tourism development non-exploitative, equitable and sustainable. The articles , contributions both by EQUATIONS staff team as well as relevant articles commissioned or featured articles provide a basis for action and change at both policy and implementation stage.


ANLetter Volume 5 Issue 3 
September 30, 1997
ANLetter is EQUATIONS’ newsletter, which was produced until the year 2000. The  central aim is to increase awareness on the impacts of tourism, especially on local communities at tourism destinations, and the necessity to make tourism development non-exploitative, equitable and sustainable. The articles , contributions both by EQUATIONS staff team as well as relevant articles commissioned or featured articles provide a basis for action and change at both policy and implementation stage.


LATEST PRESENTATIONS
REDD Realities in India: Will the forests and forest people survive? 
November 25, 2010

Exploring the Road to REDD in India-25 November 2010

Forests and Implications of Climate Change in Arunachal Pradesh-25 November 2010

 		EQUATIONS in partnership with Global Forest Coalition (GFC), with Mr.Souparna Lahiri, as Principal Researcher, in 2009-10 completed a brief study on the implications and impacts of strategies of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) on biodiversity and rights of forest communities in India.  REDD has raised deep concerns amongst the forest groups, movements and indigenous communities on the implications of REDD on the traditional rights of indigenous forest communities over land and resources, their culture, identity and livelihood.

With Government of India pushing strongly for REDD in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), the concerns intensify. As an important step towards generating awareness, raising concerns and facilitating a discussion on the issue of REDD, we want to share the contours of the study with representatives of the forest movements and civil society with the specific objective of receiving responses to these issues. The major outcome expected from this discussion is to develop strategies to generate a campaign on the implications and impacts of REDD as a climate mitigation scheme on the forests and forest communities.

India Submissions on REDD-25 November 2010

UNDRIP & Rights of Forest People in India-25 November 2010



An Overview on Tourism Trends and Policy Perspectives in North East India - Talk For Change for Making Tourism Sustainable, Equitable and Just 
August 27, 2010
An Overview on Tourism Trends and Policy Perspectives in North East India-27 Aug 2010-EQUATIONSIn August 2010, Impulse, Shillong in collaboration with EQUATIONS, Bengaluru and Sikkim University, Gangtok organized a “Regional Consultation on Responsible Tourism in the North Eastern States of India”. This was aimed at initiating a process of dialogue and perspectives on Responsible Tourism for the North Eastern Region to influence tourism policy and practice in the region.

This presentation explored the dimensions of sustainability and responsibility in tourism, understanding tourism within the context of Northeast region development, tourism trends in the Northeast region and a look at the Vision 2020 and State tourism policies.


Canopy Tourism: Concept and Practices in the Indian Context 
October 30, 2009
Canopy Tourism Concept and Practices in the Indian ContextThis presentation was made at 5th International Canopy Conference (2009), 25-31 October 2009 Bangalore, organised by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment. EQUATIONS was one of the presenters at their Symposium on ‘Conservation, Community Development, Rainforest Experience: The Environmental, Social and Economic Values of Forest Canopy Based Ecotourism’ on 30 October 2009. The presentation shared information on canopy tourism initiatives in India. These tourism initiatives have been analysed from the perspective of people’s participation in decision making, project planning and implementation and their contribution to conservation. Case studies on the initiatives in Kerala, Elevated Walkways in Thenmala and Tree Houses in Waynad, provide an insight into this emerging form of tourism.


LATEST EQUATIONS IN THE MEDIA
Tiger Conservation Guidelines Do Not Promote Sustainable Tourism 
October 16, 2012
The comprehensive guidelines for tiger conservation and tourism issued by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on October 15, was highly “tiger centric”.The guidelines were also in violation of the Forest Rights Act, the Wildlife Protection Act and the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, according to Swathi Seshadri of Equations (Equitable Tourism Options).


Activists Write To Minister Against New Tiger Tourism Norms 
October 02, 2012
Two members of a National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) panel set up to frame tiger tourism norms have written to the government raising concerns over the draft submitted to the Supreme Court.


Eco-Tourism Guidelines Submitted In Court Misleading MoEF Panel Members 
October 02, 2012
Two members of the panel set up by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to frame the new set of eco-tourism guidelines have written to environment minister Jayanthi Natrajan, saying the new guidelines presented to the Supreme Court by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) are incomplete and misleading.


LATEST GALLERY
Habitations close to sea, Mayabunder, Middle Andamans
Habitations close to sea, Mayabunder, Middle Andamans

Andamans: Coastal Area Assessment
This gallery contains photographs taken while conducting the study ‘Andamans: Coastal Area Assessment - A Post Tsunami Study on Coastal Conservation and Regulation’, February 2006.

We would like to thank Ms. Aarthi Sridhar, ATREE for the photographs.
  

Total Pictures in gallery: 18