Paper Instructor: Dr. Moshin Habib Course: MGT 434 The social‚ economical‚ and environmental impacts of diamond mining in Africa For many people over generations the diamond has been a symbol of power‚ beauty‚ luxury‚ uniqueness‚ and everlasting pure love. For others the diamond has been a symbol of conflict‚ death‚ exploitation‚ misery‚ and blood shade. All the glamour and beauty attributed to diamonds might be blinding us to the impacts of its operations in Africa. In this paper we will go through
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TOURISM IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF GABORONE GAME RESERVE AND STRATEGIES USED TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS WITH THE HELP OF STAKEHOLDERS Gaborone Game Reserve was established in 1988 as a wildlife education centre. Although small‚ at just under 600 hectares‚ it is now the third busiest reserve in the whole of Botswana. The park has network of game viewing roads‚ a visitor’s education centre‚ picnic sites with barbeque stands set among tall trees‚ a ‘hide’ for viewing game around waterhole and a ‘bird
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The Authority on World Travel & Tourism Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2013 World WTTC Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2013 1 For more information please contact: Rochelle Turner Research Manager rochelle.turner@wttc.org © 2013 World Travel & Tourism Council Contents The Economic Impact of Travel & Tourism 2013 Foreword.................................................................................................................................................
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Market Survey By: Dr C. VETHIrAJAN IMPACT OF TOURISM ON INDIAN ECONOMY Tourism can generate maximum employment opportunity because of a large number of subsidiary industries. September 2008 and a 3.3 per cent growth in passenger traffic through September. The negative trend intensified during 2009‚ exacerbated in some countries due to the outbreak of the AH1N1 influenza virus‚ resulting in a worldwide decline of 4 per cent in 2009 to 880 million international tourist arrivals‚ and an estimated
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Washington‚ and Idaho. This vast land region made up of rugged shorelines‚ volcanic mountains‚ and green mountain sides all play a part in the climatic‚ social‚ and ecological diversity. Levels of carbon dioxide and other heat trapping gasses in the atmosphere are on the rise‚ warming the earth and are causing wide range impacts. These impacts include the rising sea levels‚ melting snow and ice‚ extreme heat‚ fires‚ droughts‚ and other extreme storms. The heating of the earth has affected and is
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awareness is quite high that tourism has a general impact on the destination. Many times it is talked about the economical impact which is mainly considered positive as it creates jobs in that area and brings people to the destination that spend money there etc. The environmental impact is a popular topic as well that is covered continuously in the news mainly by claiming the airplanes for their carbon emissions but also stating the destroying impact of mass tourism because of littering‚ over visitation
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on 16 April 2013 a proposal for a directive enhancing the transparency of certain large companies on social and environmental matters. This Directive amends the Accounting Directives (Fourth and Seventh Accounting Directives on Annual and Consolidated Accounts‚ 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC‚ respectively). The objective is to increase EU companies’ transparency and performance on environmental and social matters‚ and‚ therefore‚ to contribute effectively to long-term economic growth and employment. Companies
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the most essential things for tourism to be successful in a particular place is the quality of the environment‚ both natural and man-made. However tourism involves many activities that have a negative effect on the environment. These occur when the level of usage is bigger than the amount of caring for the environment. Uncontrolled tourism is threatening many natural areas around the world. It can put great pressure on an area‚ and lead to negative environmental impacts on air and water quality‚ vegetation
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Impact of Tourism on Dubai’s Ecosystem Dubai has become a place that’s synonymous with ultra-rich lifestyle‚ state of the art technology and infrastructure. Yet up until three decades ago it was recognized to be no more than a place known for fishing and trivial trades. Since the discovery of oil reserves in the late 1960’s‚ Dubai has relied on the oil production to fuel its rapid economic expansion. However‚ depletion of its oil reserves has lead Dubai to eliminate its financial dependence
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IMPACTS OF TOURISM IN HOST COMMUNITIES Tourism is one of the most important worldwide activities; it is also of great importance to the socio-economic and cultural development of a country. Tourism is a vital tool for conservation of natural systems‚ contributes to sustainable development of local communities and creating communities about sharing experiences. But if this activity is disorganized‚ uncontrolled and poorly planned can cause damage to both‚ environmental and cultural. People started
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