Framework Oriented Approach to Eco-Tourism

Literature Review On “Framework Oriented Approach To Eco-Tourism”

We live in a world which is endowed with finite resources having competing uses. This requires us to make prudent choices from among the ways to utilize these resources. Here the specific reference is to natural resources. We derive these resources from our surroundings which we call as our environment. For the development of the human race, it was felt that we need to exploit these resources to their fullest to achieve greater growth, generally measured in terms of percentage increase in income, profits or gross domestic production (GDP) over the years. In the process, resource depletion occurred and further extraction of natural resources is putting an increasing pressure on the natural environment (Graeme, 2011). In addition to that, we also end up polluting these very resources, making them unfit or unavailable for use. Then there are issues on equity because certain groups of people have the access to the resources and contribute to their pollution, while there are many others who do not get access to natural resources for their development or they are forced to use the polluted resources (United Nations Millennium Campaign, 2010). Whatever the case may be, resource access and resource utilization are issues that are important for sustainable development.