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Ecotourism is a movement initiated in the 1980s and plays a major role in the recent tourism industry. The word Ecotourism can be well defined by a variety of travel practices that show respect to nature and contributing to the preservations of natural beauty. Nowadays ecotourism is considered as one of the fastest-growing sectors in the travel industry accounting for around 6% of the world’s gross domestic product. As the market for traditional tourism grew sluggish, the UNWTO’s (United Nations World Tourism Organization) global forecast projected rapid growth in the ecotourism industry over the subsequent decade.
Importance of ecotourism for the planet –
The recompense that comes with learning new experiences of travel is completely irreplaceable and these benefits can enhance through ecotourism. As an eco-tourist, you can contribute towards the preservation of the earth and enabling people to lead a more life fulfilling. Local communities that do not flourish by industrial means could be benefited greatly from tourists who are willing to contribute towards nature by providing funding.
What does our biodiversity report say?
A detailed assessment of the state of nature has found more than 1 million flora and fauna species are at risk of extinction because of some man-made reasons. IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service) report is the most comprehensive scientific evaluation ever made of the state of our nature and gives a detailed account of the health of the species that inhabit this earth and the condition of these natural habitats that they live in and depends upon. Almost 75% of earth’s land surface and 66% of the marine landscape have been significantly distorted and over 85% of wetland area had vanished.
How Global Warming is affected?
Human activities are resulting extinction of animal and plant species, deforestation of forests, threatening of marine life, unsafe drinking water, dumps of wastage, and much other. This is somehow resulting in a drastic change in climatic condition as compared to that of preindustrial levels. Plastic pollution has been increased by 10 times from 1980 which affects global warming and thus bring the associated risks to the natural ecosystem.
Steps to be taken for environment conservation
Recycling of biodegradable products as much as possible.
Reduce water pollution.
Avoid using an excess of electricity.
Plant more and more trees.
Grow vegetations and promote organic farming.
Use rechargeable batteries.
Use composite to prepare manure.
Apart from all these the most important step that you must take is to spread awareness as much as you can about environmental protection. You can also be a part of those activities which are related to environmental conservation especially if you love traveling then you must go for ecotourism. Nowadays promoting activities related to nature preservations are the main motto of many organizations and Imperial Farm is the one which has taken an initiative to make people aware of nature preservation. They are also engaged in contributing non-profit organizations and are working for the well-being of society by providing employment to the local people who can earn their livelihood in the best suitable manner. Most of the activities at farm are connected to nature which makes the guests practicing eco-friendly tourism by enjoying a nature walk, organic farming, bird watching, a visit to Sambhar Lake which is also a part of bio-diverse land. All these activities can be extremely effective in the long run and you one little initiative can be a part of the environmental conservation program.
Generally, it is said that practicing those environmental friendly activities can be the first step that you can take in preserving nature while enjoying traveling. After all, we all live on the same planet and it is our major duty to protect it in any way we can.
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