Tourism in Thailand’s National Parks: The Problems it Brings
“Rainforests are currently being destroyed at a rate of over 200,000 square kilometers a year according to the US National Academy of Sciences” (Wheeler). Some of these rainforests are located in Thailand’s national parks. In Thailand, there are 15 national parks set aside for conservation, though only 80% of these parks remain intact today. These Parks represent approximately 13% of Thailand’s land. The purpose of these parks is for the conservation of the forests and wildlife, educational tours and research studies, as well as recreational adventure (Wheeler). In 1961, The Royal Forest Department (RFD) of Thailand passed the National Park Act. This act stated that activities which endanger any resource within the park boundaries are strictly prohibited. These activities include settlement, land ownership, grazing, the manipulation of waterways, geological deterioration, logging, hunting, and colleting of forest products. These provisions obviously do not apply to park officials who protect and maintain the park for education, technical research, and facilitate recreational activities” (Pipithvanichtham). One of the main reasons for the Thai government’s plan to expand tourism facilities in the national parks is to bring in foreign money into the economy through tourism to these areas. However, there are concerns that the effects of increasing tourism in these areas will lead to mismanagement, corruption, and environmental destruction. Therefore, the Thai government should not be promoting tourism in Thailand’s national parks.
The government claims that problems associated with tourism in national parks can be dealt with by careful planning and with the participation of government agencies. For example, the RFD is making an effort to protect the National Parks. The RFD plans to update their existing park laws and regulations to make them more suitable for the modern times. The RFD and the Kasetsart University conducted a training session for all national park chiefs to provide them a chance to learn about park management policies. The RFD hopes to develop some means of cooperation with other countries, particularly in the fields of expertise which it lacks” (Pipithvanichtham).
While the RFD has a plan, it will require money to enact it. Currently, there is not enough money to fund this plan coupled with governmental mismanagement. The parks are not funded well enough, which has caused the amount of upkeep in the parks to decrease. The cost of managing Thailand’s national parks is met using the government’s central budget and park entrance fees.
...ble role both as the destinations of nature conservation and recreation and tourism (e.g. Runte 1997; Mels 1999; Boyd & Butler 2000; Rytteri & Puhakka 2009). The dual designation means that ecological priorities are addressed along with the stakeholders rights to benefit from the land. This dualism has become integral to the Finnish in that regional development is increasingly brought up in park plans. 5(The idea that national parks should be integrated more deeply into the regional tourism economy while keeping conservation goals which are consistent with the EU regulations and other international agreements(Saarinen 2007) has helped arbitrate stakeholder discourse.
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In 2012, only 58% of the population voted in the primary elections. That is a very low number compared to all the other countries. According to William A. Galston’s article, “Telling Americans to Vote, or Else,” he states, “Jury duty is mandatory; why not voting.” I agree with his statement. Pursuant to the online business dictionary, jury duty is “one of the highest duties of citizenship.” In jury duty, you are making a very important decision. You’re making the decision to prove if someone is innocent or guilty. The idea of jury duty correlates with the aspect of voting. You’re a part of the decision process to pick the next leader of our country. As well as jury duty, voting should be added to one of the highest duties of U.S
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Another solution is tourism. Ecotourism programs are available for those who adopt so that they may see their land and experience the true beauty of the forests. By touring the land, one prevents actions such as poaching, illegal wood harvesting and burning, and drug-runners with secret airstrips in the north jungle.
We have known that deforestation can lead to decline in biodiversity and land degradation. As John Donne has said, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main”, not only governments are supposed to be responsible for deforestation, individuals should also take responsibilities. There are some things that we can do to help better the situation. For instance, we can refuse to use throwaway chopsticks and purchase wooden furniture, reduce the usage of papers by printing less, and educate others to cherish the forest resources.
Moreover, numerous countries in the world; China, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia, do not offer their citizens such liberal democratic opportunities. For these reasons, I believe as Americans, we should feel indebted and vote, because of our enlightened Founding Fathers; George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, etc. Not only did these great men risk their lives to form this great country, but they are also largely responsible for our generations being able to enjoy these freedoms and privileges. As one could conclude furthermore, voting makes Americans feel increasingly patriotic. Because of these reason, I will continue to advocate for Americans to get registered to vote. Not only do I view voting as a privilege, but I also understand that it’s my patriotic
American should be required to vote because 40 out of 160 have these voting systems where you are required to vote. If not there would be consequences such as a fine or maybe even jail. People would also go and vote if there wasn´t a charge involved. This would make americans go and vote today.
Voting helps our country make hard decisions, but others want no part in it. Forcing all Americans to vote is an extremely authoritarian decision to make. It stuffs ballots with inattentive voters. If the government forces us to do unnecessary activities, our buzz among foreign countries will begin to blow hot and cold. Not only will it be very undemocratic of our government to force us to vote, but uninformed voters will be flooding polls as well.
How many times have you found yourself complaining about the government? It isn’t hard to, as the government never generates decisions that everyone agrees with, but what have you done about it? Well, if the answer is nothing, you aren’t alone. Only about 37% of eligible American citizens voted in the important 2014 election (McDonald). Fixing the issue of low voter turnout won’t be a one-step process, but it has the potential to transform American politics forever. American citizens should be required to vote in all general elections to greatly increase voter turnout in order to increase the influence of democracy and improve American politics.
Mandatory voting is a very popular topic, in Canada we see in recent elections almost half the population does not vote. Every citizen has the right to vote, being able to have a voice in their democracy, allowing the government to further benefit the needs of the common good but people still choose not to vote. Some people believe that if you choose not to vote during elections you shouldn't have the right to complain about the current government elected. I believe that mandatory voting is a good thing, allowing the government to fulfill the needs of everybody in a society, educating the majority of people with information about the democratic parties within canada. Forcing people to vote will raise conflict, illegitimate votes, increase in taxes to cover the cost to enforce the new laws as well as restricting people's freedoms. Mandatory voting may
A bear meanders across the road several hundred yards in front of your slowly moving vehicle. A doe and her fawn leap back into the brush as you approach. The sun shines in such a way that it seems the mountains above you go on forever. This pristine image of our nation's national parks is unfortunately getting harder to find today. The approximately 270 million visitors to the parks annually have begun to take their toll on the wild and preserved areas of our nation.
Lisa Hill a professor at the University of Adelaide who spreads the yes, in mandatory voting, “If voting were mandatory in the U.S., people would be inspired to pay more attention to campaigns... ” (Junior Scholastic). Many might think their vote doesn't count, so government should express how it does and not make it a unpleasurable activity by making it mandatory. However much, there is truth in that point, an election simplifies down to one person over another other. My point still stands that unwanted force is never good and America should not accept that. It is human nature to show displeasure to forced activities that weren't done by will before hand. It isn't convenient for some citizens, and if registering for voting was much easier that there might be a higher voter turnout (Scholastic Magazine).If the government wants a higher turnout, than people shouldn't be making time for the government, the government should make more time for the people and not stripping us of our freedom.
Wolong Nature Reserve is unique because it is a flagship nature reserve set up directly by the Chinese government and thus has received exceptional financial and technical support both from the government and from many international organizations like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), whose logo is actually a giant panda! One may assume that conservation strategies in Wolong must be extremely successful because it seems that Wolong is such a pioneer nature reserve that serves as a template for many other reserves. Additionally, one may also assume that panda conservation is a huge success in terms of people’s continuous enthusiasm toward this cute flagship species. Nevertheless, Liu et al. (2001) have analyzed remote sensing data from pre- and post-establishment periods and discovered that Wolong Nature Reserve has actually become more fragmented and less suitable for...
There is no proper definition of the word “developing countries”. The reason for this is that many analysts believe that the word “developing countries” does not require a proper definition as they are mostly known as third world countries. Basically, countries that do not have high quantity of economic movement in demand to propose the obligatory resources for the broad majority of the people to disguise slight requirements of use to guarantee good settings of health, food, education, lodging and amenities are known as developing countries (Mowforth, & Munt, 2015). The notion is linked to fairness, circulation of revenue, and identical prospects. Some of the indicators of developing countries are high proportion of redundancy, high proportion