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Thailand’s mountainous Khao Yai National Park has a history of poaching and unsustainable agricultural practices. Through a community-led microcredit initiative, however, local people are turning the situation around and showing how creative microfinance can support both livelihoods and biodiversity.
In many parts of the Asian Himalayas, the forests of the mid-mountain zone ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 metres above sea level have been cleared extensively for agriculture. Bhutan is in the unique position of having much of the forest in this zone still intact. The Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, covering an area of 1,400 km2, is one of the protected areas created to conserve these...
Localizati în estul României, aproape de Delta Dunarii (100km), muntii Macin sunt considerati cei mai vechi munti din tara, aparuti în orogeneza hercinica (acum aproximativ 300 – 400 milioane de ani). Fac parte din acelasi lant montan cu muntii Vosgi si muntii Scotiei, ce strabatea cândva întregul continent european.
Desi initial se considera ca...
Located in eastern Romania near the Danube river (10km) and Danube Delta (100km), the Macin Mountains are considered the oldest mountains in the country, appeared about 300 - 400 million years ago. They are part of the same mountain chain with Vosgi mountains and mountains of Scotland which once crossed the continent of Europe.
In 2000 the Macin Mountains National Park (www....
A summary of the available information on the ecology of the Rocky Mountains, intermountain basins, and western Great Plains in Wyoming and adjacent states. After an introduction to the historical development of the diverse environments found in the region and a section on the riparian landscapes along streams and rivers, there are section on plains and basins, foothills and mountains, and...
Given their unique natural attractions, including the highest mountain range in the world, the Nepalese Himalayas have long been a Mecca for trekkers and mountaineers. Nature-based tourism in the Nepalese Himalayas, however, is highly vulnerable to change in climatic conditions. This paper proposes a conceptual framework based on Jodha's mountain specificities, which include inaccessibility,...
There is a vast literature available on the environmental, economic, and socio-cultural impacts of tourism on host societies. The conclusions of these studies have been mixed in their assessment of how and why tourism has the impacts it does, and whether or not these impacts are negative. This paper describes case studies of two small tourist-oriented towns in Nepal – Khumjung in the...
Yellowstone National Park, a global icon of conservation and natural beauty, was born at the most improbable of times: the American Gilded Age, when altruism seemed extinct and society's vision seemed focused on only greed and growth. Perhaps that is why the park's creation myth portrayed a few saintlike pioneer conservationists laboring to set aside this unique wilderness against all odds....
"Last Great Wilderness is an authoritative history, documenting the power of wilderness values and the determination of those who fought to preserve a remarkable place. Never again in American history will an area as vast and wild as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be protected in a single political action. Roger Kaye tells the story of the most aggressive act of wilderness...
The Full Value of Parks is the first comprehensive look at the values associated with parks and other kinds of protected areas. Much has been written about the importance of parks to the tourism industry, yet the reasons why people care deeply about them usually have little or nothing to do with money. Instead, people value parks as sacred sanctuaries and places of spiritual self-discovery, as...
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