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Why Uttarakhand's Ecotourism Development is Being Mismanaged

Vol. 53, Issue No. 49, 15 Dec, 2018
Under the neo-liberal framework, with tourism as an industry there is a fear of the institution falling into the hands of the same vested interests and in Uttarakhand, it brings more threats to both the conservation and benefits of local communities from nature-based tourism.

Muslim Women's Rights in India

Vol. 51, Issue No. 37, 10 Sep, 2016
Qazi Sarah Rasheed, A K Sharma

Although laws like the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 and other laws are supposed to grant Muslim women rights and protect them from discriminatory customary laws, the absence of codification of Muslim personal laws has resulted in many of the rights granted in religious texts getting negated or diluted. Against this reality, Muslim women's groups have been campaigning for codification of personal law.

Problems with the Eco-Sensitive Zone

Vol. 50, Issue No. 50, 12 Dec, 2015
Neha Pande, A K Sharma

Eco-Sensitive Zones are being touted by the government as transition zones around protected forest areas, that would minimise forest depletion and man-animal conflict. This report, from the Corbett National Park, suggests how ESZs marginalise local interests and would prove detrimental to conservation in the long run.

 

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