Dear Friends, Here is the lead article from the latest issue of SANE News (August 2004). SANE News is the Newsletter of the Society for Andaman & Nicobar...
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996437 Seismic surveys may kill giant squid 16:58 22 September 04 NewScientist.com news service One of the...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/869520.cms VIEW / TOI Editorial Plan to lease out islands in Lakshadweep, Andamans [ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 01, 2004...
COUNTERVIEW / TOI editorial They are too fragile to bear the traffic [ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 01, 2004 12:00:00 AM ] The proposal to lease islands in Lakshadweep and...
The relative isolation of the Andamans and Lakshadweep and legal intervention to protect against logging has perhaps ensured that there is something still left...
dear pankaj Thanks a lot on this move. What impact will the decision have on the islands if handed over to private hands for construction of hotels and opening...
tapas kumar chakraborty
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Oct 3, 2004 11:46 am
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dear friends, it is very sad to note that our islands are opening for tourists. presently 4 islands are openened for limited tourism and one island is given to...
The Daily Telegram Sept. 28, 2004 World Tourism Day celebrated Port Blair, Sept 27 The World Tourism Day was celebrated in Andamans on 27th September 2004. The...
The Daily Telegrams, Sept. 28 Fuller exploitation of isles tourism potential stressed Staff Reporter, Port Blair, Sept 27 It is high time to project these...
A&N Administration Press Release 26/09/04 1st Meeting of Island Development Training Institute First meeting of the Governing Body of the Island Development...
Dear members of this group as a local guy of the ANI, I fully support opening of the islands for tourism, the TOI editorial very nicely describes the pros for...
The Daily Telegrams / Sept. 28, 2004 A programme with a difference LG calls for proper documentation of tribal literatures Port Blair, Sept 27 A unique...
Dear Mr Hisham, Is it possible for you to inform us who are far away from Andamans on what specific kind of damage opening of islands to tourists could...
tapas kumar chakraborty
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Oct 4, 2004 1:13 pm
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Greetings all. For a short overview of potential impacts of both "small scale" and "large infrastructure" tourism on the ecosystem of the A&N Islands, please...
Stephanie Fried
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Oct 5, 2004 4:43 am
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Apologies for Cross Postings. Dear Friends, You would recollect that a month ago, more than 50 organisations had written an open letter to the MoEF raising...
We really need information on the details of the tourism plan. What the terms are, what safeguards are built in, what areas we are talking about specifically,...
Is there any habitation on Interview Island? I would strongly oppose opening up any uninhabited islands, which are the most pristine. Madhusree ... From:...
There is no human habitatation in Interview Island except forest and police staff. They are there for protection purposes. Siva ... [Non-text portions of this...
Aloha Madhusree, Our report was based on a copy of the tourism plan which we saw, but did not have the opportunity to photocopy, in February, 2004. We ...
Stephanie Fried
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Oct 5, 2004 6:35 am
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To put some perspective on the ToI editorial: 1) Nowhere is there a complete island available on lease. The government owns plots of land on these islands,...
samit sawhny
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Oct 5, 2004 6:38 am
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Interview Island has only a police outpost and has been cleared by timber operations during 1948-50 period. But your concerns are right. But I would like to...
Hi I have been receiving mails from the ANI debating group for a while and though to send my first mail in. It sounds great to lease the islands for the...
I fully agree with Samit and this has been on for a long , long time now. Only great concern is Little Andaman Island and Rutland. I think we should fight...
MCBT India
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Oct 6, 2004 7:01 am
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Dear Friends I am totally aggree with Samit. I am working in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for last 7 years and either tourism department or forest department...
It would be great to find out how much tourism has really contributed to local employment and local economy vs. how much has been spent subsidising tourists...
Dear Friends, Pasted here is a letter sent to Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of the National Advisory Council on the tourism plans in the islands by Mr. Samir ...
Dear All: This is in strong support of what Shree Samir Acharya has well articulated. If I may add is any vision existing what tourists will do even if the...
