Wilderness Tourism Development Foundation

Wilderness Tourism Development Foundation
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Wilderness welcomed man on earth. Growing in compassionate cradle of biosphere receiving vital cosmic and subterranean energies he became spontaneous reflection of universe. Wilderness nourished him by granting holistic sustenance and nurtured him by placing challenge of survival and signposting to salvation. Wilderness sculpted human form and embodied itself in it in state of wildness with its infinite possibilities. Rooted in all-embracing wilderness man dwelled it sportily with abundance of leisure, pleasure and wisdom.

Then upsetting began about 10000 years ago when animals were domesticated and jungles cultivated. Human settlements became stationary and stratified. Later on, mankind was sermonized as superior and otherworldly from nature. Wilderness was preached as evil place and converting it under cultivation, killing wild animals was inculcated as great ethical act as economically beneficial.
Situation aggravated as human culture advanced into industrialization since 18th century. Destruction and altering of wilderness has been carried out on mass-scale facilitated by ever advancing technology. Wilderness resources are considered mere commodities and plundered under market-based systems. Application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has massively poisoned Earth. This together with excessive emissions from mechanized businesses have misbalanced and shattered natural cycles resulting in climate change that has in turn threatened the very habitability of the world.

From immemorial times the natural processes kept influencing man and he subtly reflects these in himself. There is very slight line between the outside realms of nature and the inside domain of self. Human actions are caused and parallel finest oscillations of nature. The breaking and crushing of natural cycles have affected the identical integrity of human performance. Besides, prevailing culture is broadening his disconnection from nature in daily life. With incessant increase in screen-time, experience of real-time social circumstances is on decline. Day and night humane race is madly building synthetic surrounding, disordering the systems evolved by nature. Nowadays, man wears synthetic fabrics and fuels himself with synthetic food like a machine. Usually, a modern man is deprived of having sufficient direct contact with wilderness in his entire life, relying on ever-present artificial tranquilizers, stimulants and mechanical means of locomotion. This uprooted way of life has subjected him to the loss of physical fitness, loss of individuality and mental disequilibrium. In short, today’s generation is beset with a massive plethora of hassle, anxiety and confusion.

Our appreciation of wilderness tourism arises from the premise that it is the best method of connecting modern generation with wilderness without further deteriorating its remaining extent. Wilderness tourism is to arrange encounters of people and purer nature in the permissible way and to guide the weary modern man to gaze into the eyes of eternity, get recreated by the infinite Being, through self-discovery, self-discipline and realizing the basic values of human life.

Sustainable tourism is recognized by United Nations as a preferred and one of the largest industries in bringing about sustainable development. Wilderness tourism is a subset of sustainable tourism as it complies the principles of the later. Thus, the wilderness tourism is not merely a means of acquiring physical fitness, character development and mental equilibrium but also an efficient contributor in the attainment of four Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) namely MGD-1 eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, MGD-3 promote gender equality and empower women, MGD-7 ensure environmental sustainability and MGD-8 develop a global partnership for development.
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Vision

Perpetual harmony founded in wilderness and mankind
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Mission

1. Explore and develop new ways to sustainably utilize educative and curative properties of wilderness.

2. Organize diverse, genuine and customized wilderness exposures suitable for varied interest groups.

3. Advocate for protection, conservation and preservation of wilderness.

4. Contribute in poverty eradication, gender equality, environmental sustainability and global partnership through tourism.