As a practicing environmentalist I believed although the core concept of sustainable development is integrating economy with ecology, but in reality, it’s always the economy which takes precedence. I saw reflection of this belief in tiger tourism. Then I met a photography mentor, named M.V. Shreeram, who told me, “To get a better perspective, you have to lie down!” I correlated this to principle of deep ecology, to find a solution to combat pseudo ecotourism.
After years of exploration in various tiger reserves of India, focused on the the undergrowth of forest to discover “inclusive ecotourism”! I started exploring the world of herpetofauna in rainforest of Western Ghats.
Agumbe is a high-altitude village in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka. Surrounded by the Western Ghats mountains and lush rainforest, it’s known its many waterfalls, such as Onake Abbi, Bakarna and Jogi Gundi falls. The Sunset View Point overlooks forested valleys. Nearby is Sri Venugopala Krishna Swamy Temple. To the south, tigers, leopards and king cobras live in Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary
Chorla Ghat is an Indian nature destination, located on the intersection of the borders of the states of Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. It lies to the north-east of Panaji, Goa and nearly 55 kilometres from Belgaum in Karnataka
Kodagu, also known as Coorg, is a rural district in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka. In the area’s north, Madikeri Fort has 2 life-size elephant statues at its entrance, plus a Gothic-style church with a museum on its grounds. Nearby, the Hindu Omkareshwara Temple dates back to the 19th century. Farther north are the domed Raja’s Tomb, a burial place of Kodava kings, and cascading Abbi Falls.
To know more about how I adapted the philosophy of deep ecology in ecotourism and discovered concept of inclusive ecotourism, read my book Pseudo Ecotourism in the Shadow pf the Bengal Tiger.
Pseudo Ecotourism 