Dear All, Thanks for sharing information on "How not do and how to do the eco- tourism". At many places, the natural intrinsic value of the place/ biological entity is harmed in the name of "Eco tourism". Should we have a system of "AUDIT" or evaluation of eco-tourism practiced in India?
With best wishes to all. Bharat Pathak On Jul 3, 7:45 pm, Alpa Sheth <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All: > > Thanks for Raghu for sharing your pcitures > While this is not exactly a canopy walk from India I am including pictures > from the Kew gardens I visited last summer to show how beautifully a canopy > walk can be made without harming the trees. It is expensive but not > intrusive and frankly I don't think it is so very necessary. But still if > we insist on having them then let's do it right. > > Regards, > Alpa` > > > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 5:59 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > The canopy walk at Talakona, a fast developing community based eco tourism > > is considered as the 2nd largest in Asia. (240 meters long, 80 feet high). > > However, > > what is distressing is that the walkway has been engineered with the help of > > steel ropes, iron nails, screws et al, plunged right into the heart of old, > > stately trees. And with 3000 visitors pounding the canopy walk on weekends > > , we wonder if the trees already with deep wounds can survive in the coming > > years. > > > Some of the affected trees include the endemics- Shorea Talura, Syzygium > > cumini, Mangifera Indica ... > > > Talakona, forest, foot hills, Eastern ghats, Andhra Pradesh > > > 27 Mar 2010 > > > Regards > > > Raghu > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "efloraofindia" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > tree walk column.JPG > 46KViewDownload > > tree walk stairway.JPG > 97KViewDownload > > kew tree walk 2.JPG > 3063KViewDownload > > kew tree walk 4.JPG > 79KViewDownload > > kew tree walk 5.JPG > 116KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
