Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve - Equitable Tourism Options

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The traditional cropping pattern has got transformation in the beginning of this century and people earlier cultivated rice, ragi and chamai, now turned to cultivate western (English) vegetable such as potato, cauliflower, cabbage, and carrot. Tribals are considered as Hindus though they possess and practice distinct culture and rituals to follow that are totally alien to popular so-called Hindu culture. Eco-tourism also raises some trifling benefits to tribals in terms of providing employment in these resorts. But the facet of this kind of employment is that they have been employed only in house keeping and cleaning activities for meager wages of Rs.1 000- 1 500 per month. Localtribals are widely used in the trekking exercises as escort to tourists and there by get some income. This may yield them sum ofRs. 75to 150 pertrip. Slow but steady pace of urbanisation is also taking place in Masinagudi. earlier Masinagudi had no shops but now there are 5 mechanic shops catering to needs of local community and passer-by tourists vehicles. The 3 tyre shops are also an effective testimony for the fast pace of urbanisation process. Power projects have changed the outlook of this village tremendously. The first resort in Masinagudi was developed by the Parsee couple- the Kothawalas in a sprawling 30 acres environ; and has 6 cottages only. They organise wildlife tours, trekking, night safaris and horse riding. The next resort - Jungle Hut, is run by Mathias, has 8 cottages and has 4 rooms with balconies. They are running this resort without any kind of license like other all resorts. They have a golf course and a swimming pool. They have AlC rooms. The clients for this resort are from foreign countries mostly from European countries and sizable customers are also from domestic elite class. Forest Hills, another resort, is having 6-8 cottages. They have self-catering for tourists and run bars. The tariff range is in-between Rs. 1200-1 500 per day. Bamboo bangs charges Rs. 1800 per day. Casa deep woods tariff rates would be Rs. 2200 per day and is operating on the basis of Timeshare. 21 Nilagiris: Fading Glory
Bamboo bangs charges Rs. 1800 per day. Casa deep woods tariff rates would be Rs. 2200 per day and is operating on the basis of Time-share. Monarch is another resort constructed by a film actor Mithun Chakraborthi in an area of 65 acres. It is a huge resort and possesses A/C rooms with ColorTV facilities in all cottages. No guidelines of whatsoever are followed by these resorts in operating all kinds of attractive schemes. The nature of proximity of these resorts' citing to reserve forest and strategic positioning in Nilgris <strong>Biosphere</strong> <strong>Reserve</strong> which is known for its biodiversity and ecological sensitivity, is providing an ample space forthe following credentials. Wild life tourism in Mud umalai wildlife and Ba ndipur sanctuaries. Bird Watching Night Safaris /' Trekking in aI/legal and illegal routes ,/ lllegalHunting Climatic conditions til at would suitable to tourists. The above factors have contributed to the attraction of high-spending tourists. However, budget tourists cannot afford these types of resorts because of costly tariffs for lodging alone ranges from Rs. 750-2500 per day, excluding taxes, boarding, other transportation, guide charges, trekking charges; all will prevent budget tourists from these kind of resorts. People prefer this place because of propinquity to Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary and the elephant camp in Theppakadu. In Pokkapuram, large scale land grabbing is taking place incessantly. 1200 acres of land have been classified as private property, out of which Pratap Reddy owns 600 acres. In the northern side Mangal Chand, a Marvari, owns 1200 acres of land; this in violation of the Land Ceiling Laws . . In the Northern Hills of Ooty, 700 acres of land has been notified as private lands. Under Revenue No 315/2, in pykara-Moyar region, 32000 acres of land has been classified as Revenue Land. N'dagiris : Fading Glory 22
Page 1 and 2: Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve:
Page 3 and 4: Foreword The Nilgiris Biosphere Res
Page 5 and 6: Location Area (hectares) Total Core
Page 7 and 8: NILGIRI BIOSPHERE I'# .. mp"t.'.i"n
Page 9 and 10: Eco-development programmes are envi
Page 11 and 12: Consisting entirely of notified Res
Page 13 and 14: Moreover, the destinations for ecot
Page 15 and 16: some cases sand is pumped onshore a
Page 17 and 18: commodification of natural resource
Page 19 and 20: This is also known as 'Devarayapatt
Page 21: anging from RS.900 to RS.1 S00 per
Page 25 and 26: Observations of the Local Community
Page 27 and 28: • While only 21% of locals expres
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Page 31 and 32: Demographic profi le: A total of ab
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Page 35 and 36: Amount Accom modation Services Grad
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Page 39 and 40: culturally appropriate, and equitab
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Page 43 and 44: The state government should have su
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Page 47 and 48: Organisation. The Convention was fo
Page 49 and 50: fragile riparian and mountain ecosy
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Once the IPs are thrown out, the fo
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Formal education: Formal education
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Tribal people, who are self reliant
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• Additional financial assistance
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shifting cultivation has been in vo
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Books and other publications in tri
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As the schemes meantfor improving t
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PART B-ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL O
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proper, but save as aforesaid, the
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169, is yet to be ratified by the G
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persons affected by such projects i
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proposal would be made which shall
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assertion pertaining to their right
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