Barve, Shruti  <br/><br/>
Enterprise at chinchmal: hands on eco-tourism 

 - Vol.87(10), Oct 
 - Mumbai  Arihant Publications  2022 
 - 56-59p. 
<br/><br/> Matheran hill station is the only pedestrian hill station in Asia. It is also<br/>within an eco sensitive zone as declared by the government in 2003.<br/>Due to increasing tourism, the environmental quality of the zone is<br/>under stress. Adding to this is a sense of resentment amongst the<br/>local village population towards the declaration of the Eco Sensitive<br/>Zone Act (ESZ Act, MOEF 2005). The appointment of a High Level<br/>Monitoring Committee (HLMC) has also generated a sense of anxiety.<br/>The aim of this article is to understand this gap between communication<br/>of scientific knowledge and lack of participatory approach towards<br/>environment and tourism in this region, as well as to find means to<br/>convert esoteric knowledge to an applicable skill in order to achieve<br/>effective conservation.The methodology used involves community<br/>engagement with multidisciplinary resource persons on site and hands-<br/>on workshops, held at Chinchmal, a village in the eco sensitive zone of<br/>Matheran. These workshops were funded by the Dept. of Science and<br/>Technology, Govt.of India. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)