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Pseudo Ecotourism
by Arnab Basu
I had left my marriage at thirty-five, and I was determined to become famous to cope with the rejection I was experiencing in my personal life. Then I met my childhood friend Vedavyasa, who was seeking his own fame and glory as a way to deal with his perceived shortcomings in both his personal and professional lives. As a result, we started pursuing wildlife photography and ecotourism as hobbies. Our sole goal was to capture images of the subcontinent's Bengal Tigers in their natural habitat. However, via some terrible events, the immense landscapes of this great beast across the four nations that make up its habitat taught us some life-changing truths. Eventually, I had a mentor who gifted me with a philosophy for lifetime, “to get a better perspective, you have to lie down!”. This isn't simply a wildlife enthusiast's ideology; it's the idea that led me to associate deep ecology and coin the phrase of "Pseudo Ecotourism."
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About Arnab Basu
Arnab Basu, is an environmentalist by training and profession and a wildlife enthusiast by hobby. For his hobby he has travelled across more than two-hundred eco-tourism destinations of seven countries in three continents. These include Western Himalayas of India and Eastern Himalayas of Bhutan and North-East India; Western Ghats; Central India and Eastern Ghats; Sub-Himalayan Terai region of India and Nepal; Mangroves of India, and Bangladesh; Tundra region of Scottish Highland; Rain Forest of Sumatra; Desert of Kutch and Western India; and Savannah of South Africa. As part of his academic and voluntary work, he conducted assessment of urban and sub urban biodiversity at Kolkata, Salt Lake Wetland, South Bengal (West Bengal).
He conducted Study on Joint Forest Management and Wild Life in South West Bengal under the supervision of Department of Forest, Govt. of West Bengal and under the joint guidance of Environment Management department of IISWBM and National Afforestation and Eco-development Board, Govt. of India. He also has successfully completed jungle survival course under Jungle Survival Academy of India. Arnab has more than two decades of experience in advisory work on sustainability, nature- based solution, and environmental law. He did his graduation in Botany from University of Calcutta and post-graduation in Environment Management from Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM), Calcutta. He also holds a post graduate diploma in Environmental Law from National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore.
Previously he authored couple of books on contemporary sustainability and environmental justice related issues, such as The Journey through Holocene: National and Global situation of sustainability in this decade (2010-2020), and A Silver Lining in the “Ease of Doing Business” Conundrum: India’s One and Only Green Tribunal. He has also published multiple articles on wildlife, nature-based solution, ecotourism, sustainability and environmental issues in various national and international magazines. Currently he is working on another semi-autobiographical non-fiction novel based on ecotourism in subcontinent of India.
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