Jan 2020 Hosted by two of Karnataka’s Outstanding PUG rated properties, Dhole’s Den and Evolve Back , Ritu Makhija, Sustainability manager and Head Auditor, Pradeep Dadlani, ran two lodge sustainability workshops titled ‘Driving the change’ in Bandipur and in Kabini […]
Meet Namrata Bhandari – the new breed of female naturalists Taj Safari trained her to the highest standards over the last 4 years, before she moved to Singinawa Lodge in Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. She answers some questions […]
A peak into the life and loves of a naturalist in Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve with Raju Gurung at Pugdundee Safaris Experience and Background: Raju hails from Nepal and belongs to a well known family of naturalists and birders, all with an […]
What if All That Flying Is Good for the Planet? Without tourism, it’s easy to imagine the Serengeti turned into cattle ranches. A growing movement known as “flight shame” and popularized by well-meaning climate activists is gaining momentum around the […]
What Costas Christ says here is correct. We are as an industry trapped in a horrid dilemma. We cannot stop economies dependent on preserving nature yet we do this by polluting our atmosphere. This is a horrid paradigm to be […]
Want to stop poaching? Then walk with ex poachers instead. “The Pardhi community of central India have historically been outlaws, part of the so called criminal classes, who have had little choice but to become masters at wildlife poaching for […]
Ensuring Sustainable Destinations With the global environmental movement gaining traction, with travel and tourism sustainability in the headlights, so TOFTigers focus has been on targeting Tourism Ministries to drive plans and policies that help to incentivise and encourage providers and […]
From Extinction to Attraction Nature Tourism’s role in the rise in India’s Tiger population From Outlook Traveller cover article by Chairman TOFTigers Julian Matthews © Vivek Sharma India is rightly celebrating its success at conserving tigers with the all-India tiger census […]
TOFTigers completes Madhya Pradesh Lodge Sustainability workshops Hosted by a number of Madhya Pradesh’s best PUG rated lodges, Ritu Makhija, PUG Sustainability manager and Chairman Julian Matthews, together with auditor support ran a series of lodge sustainability workshops entitled ‘Driving […]
Great news – Many of its best tiger (and most well visited) reserves are increasingly being well managed. Estimated at 2967 individual tigers – up from 1411 in 2006 Big increases – in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakand and Karnataka,. Increases in Kerala, […]
