CRITIQUE OF THE ‘BIODIVERSITY ACT’ NAME: SUBHALAGNA CHOUDHURY EDUCATION: DEPARTMENT OF LAW‚ CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY CONTACT NUMBER: 9874916277 “BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT‚2002” was passed by the Lok Sabha on 2nd December‚ 2002 and by the Rajya Sabha on 11th December‚2002. It primarily focuses on regulating the access to biological resources of the country‚ the sustainable conservation of biodiversity‚ to create national
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INTRODUCTION Biodiversity presents occurrence of variety of species and their natural community in which they live. By the definition it is “The degree of variation of life forms within a given species‚ ecosystem‚ biome‚ or an entire planet. It is a measure of the health of ecosystems and is in part a function of climate.” (Rutherford) Ecosystem is on the other hand‚ “ community and its abiotic environment”( Rutherford). Biodiversity exists in every ecosystem‚ weather it is big one‚ or just ecosystem
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Impact of Tourism: An Economic Analysis Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to show the importance and the role of the indirect economic effects of tourism on growth and GDP‚ employment and foreign trade. Tourism’s role in the economy is often perceived as being limited to the hospitality industry (cafes‚ hotels and restaurants) and outbound and inbound travel agencies and carriers‚ which form the leading service sector in many countries. However‚ the economic impact of tourism is much
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IMPACT OF URBANISATION ON BIODIVERSITY Case Studies From India WWF-India sees its role in urban work as an attempt to reduce the impact of cities on biodiversity and ecological footprint‚ both of which have implications for the overall conservation goals of the organisation. Further‚ given the experience and expertise in dealing with footprint issues‚ WWF feels there is a greater need to engage with planners‚ developers and policy makers involved in dealing with urban issues. Author Kiran Rajashekariah/WWF-India
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Tourism Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of not only recreation‚ but also the provision of services for this act. It might occupy local services such as entertainment‚ accommodation and catering for tourists. It may seem‚ that tourism brings only benefits‚ but further consideration shows that it also has disadvantages. Firstly‚ many countries depend heavily upon travel expenditures by foreigners as a source of taxation and as a source of income for
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Bacamante Subject : TC 101 – Principles in Tourism HISTORY OF TOURISM Early Tourism - Travel and exploration are basic to human nature. “Torah” - Hebrew word - Studying - Learning - Searching Old Testament - “Noah with his Ark” must have been the first large-scale operator - his passengers were mostly animals. Two Forms of Early Tourism: 1. Travel for business such as trading
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1 Introduction and background of Jeju Island Jeju Island was chosen as the destination for developing the destination marketing. Current segmentation marketing strategy will be discussed in briefing paper as the purpose. Both tourism literature and theory will be used to analyse the data and information generated from various resources. And the outcome of the research and analysis will be present in the finding parts so that recommendations for further destination marketing development
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Tourism Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes" Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2011‚ there were over 983 million international tourist arrivals worldwide‚ representing a growth of 4.6% when compared to US$ 940 billion in 2010.[2][3] International
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Dhabi‚ United Arab Emirates a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Home-stay accommodation entrepreneurs Motivation factors Push and pull factors Tourism management Service industry a b s t r a c t Tourism is an important industry for Malaysia‚ and home-stay accommodation businesses play a significant role in aiding the success of the tourism industry. The aim of this paper is to analyse the start-up motivation factors and business challenges for home-stay accommodation businesses. The data
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Grace Hennessy Science 1 Biodiversity Project The values that biodiversity offer are more kinds and types of food for us and animals‚ sufficient amounts of it‚ more jobs depending on the surroundings‚ enables more research(which can cause health benefits)‚ inspiration for art and music‚ and so much more. Some factors that affect biodiversity of species are what are around the biomes‚ the unnatural species living there‚ extreme climate changes (in general)‚ pollution‚ unusual weather changes(drought
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