In 1542, the Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana led an expedition into the heart of the Amazon jungle. The Spanish were looking for El Dorado, the mythic civilization possessing indescribable treasures in the form of gold and silver that the Indians claimed existed within the dense...

The highly productive fisheries of Kerala, India, are suffering from overexploitation. Use of unsuitable fishing gears that result in a high level of wasteful bycatch and destruction of egg bearing and juvenile fish should be controlled. This paper makes some suggestions for monitoring and...

The primary objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review on the perceptions and attitudes of women's employment and leadership in India's blue economy. The study uses a systematic literature review to look at studies and reports published from 1 January 2000 to 5 November...

This paper examines the impact of wildlife tourism on the livelihoods of local population around the Ranthambhore National Park in India which is popular for tiger sighting. A detailed household questionnaire elicited information on demographic details, income sources and consumption expenditure...

Degradation of forest resources and biodiversity of Sariska tiger reserve has become an important issue due to its severe impact on the economy of century old forest dwellers. Due to extensive pressure from the villagers for grazing and other forest products for their survival, rising man animal...

This paper reports a survey study of willingness to pay for air quality improvement at Panipat Thermal Power Station (PTPS) colony, Panipat, India based on referendum contingent valuation (CV) approach. The results show that people in PTPS colony were willing to pay about two percent of their...

The primary objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review on the perceptions and attitudes of women's employment and leadership in India's blue economy. The study uses a systematic literature review to look at studies and reports published from 1 January 2000 to 5 November...

This study contribute to the growing literature on repeat visitation by examining the factors that affect a cruise ship passenger's stated likelihood of returning to a visited port as a stay over tourist. Results from a survey of cruise ship passengers that stopped in Cartagena de Indias...

Alien invasive species are non-native organisms that occur outside their natural adapted habitat and dispersal potential. They are seen as a threat not only to biodiversity and ecosystems, but also to socioeconomic development, livelihood and human well-being. In India, the bioinvasion of...

Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: an eminent socio-economic thinker and epoch-maker shaped the economic destiny of India by introducing many tenets of the State Socialism into the Constitution of free India. He was a post-graduate of Columbia University (U.S.) and obtained his doctoral degree...