Volume 6, July 2019 ISSN 2581-5504 www.penacclaims.com Page 1 “Combination of Law & Biotechnology to Transform the Concept of Ecotourism from ‘A Fable’ to ‘A Reality’ in India – A Need of the Hour” *Namrata Chakraborty Advocate **Binita Chakraborty KIIT School of Biotechnology ABSTRACT An irony it is to be called as the issue of ecotourism, despite remaining as a dormant challenge since 1980s, has been lately in news as a trending thought due to the recent killing of American Tourist John Allen Chau by the Sentinelese Tribe. Delving deeper into the trend, this incident evinces to be a mere symptom of longstanding hazards caused by the commercial tourism till date. At this juncture, to maintain a balance between the rapid growth of tourism sector and conservation of wildlife and biodiversity, the concept of ecotourism urges to be emerged and endorsed as a sound approach. Although in India there are numerous policies and legislations including Environmental Protection Act (1986), Wild Life Protection Act (1972), Biodiversity Act (2002) etc. and moreover, the Constitution itself acting as safeguards to protect eco-tourism areas from the bio-destructive activities like poaching, pet trade, livestock grazing and interrupting tribal lives; the test of effectiveness of such laws speaks otherwise in reality. This research paper thus evaluates and emphasizes that - not only by enforcing rigid procedural and penal laws, but the promotion of Ecotourism in India is also required to be backed by the proper application of biotechnology. Bioprospecting the protected areas by utilizing forest resources resulting to the creation of eco- friendly employment opportunities to the local forest tribes, introducing and bioremediating the bio toilets as well as solid and liquid waste disposal methods, developing the devices to track traffic movements and animal passages in the protected areas, conducting environmental impact assessment at regular intervals and last but not the least, the establishment of an active fire prevention system are few of the recommendations proposed in this Research Paper, in addition to addressing a sunshine ecotourism-centric legislation as a need of the hour. Keywords: Ecotourism, Draft Legislation, Biotechnology, Bioremediation, Sustainability, INTRODUCTION ‘Nature provides a free lunch but only if we control our appetites’ – as William Ruckelshau expressly emphasizes on the sustainable behaviour of the human being so as to conserve the nature and its resources in an efficient way, the concept of eco-tourism likewise propounds the balance between the development in tourism sector and the Sustainable use of wildlife and environment. From the socio-ecological aspect, the eco-tourism plays the role of a catalyst in the arena of biodiversity by justifying its preamble to drive people close to the biosphere. In the awake of commercialization, when the mass tourist destinations are suffering from destructive