Eco-tourism

Eco-tourism

Is a pattern of nature tourism and during the tourist enjoy walking or boating in natural areas with guides to explain aspects of the natural environment of plants and animals and is in the nature reserves of international fame such as: reserves Ras Mohammed, St. Catherine, Nabq in South Sinai.   It also characterized the environment in Safaga on the Red Sea factors attracting private beyond scenic beauty of the sea and the mountains and the desert, will witness the birth of the project to divert marine life, the waters of the Red Sea to the nature reserve Bssahelh long, which extends for more than a thousand kilometers and will be the second largest protected marine environment in world.   Nature Reserves:   Is a protected natural area of land or water or coastal interior is characterized by the presence of living organisms or plant or animal or fish or natural phenomena valuable cultural, scientific or aesthetic or tourist.   The targeted nature reserves conservation of living natural resources and maintain the health of environmental processes in the ecosystem and biodiversity conservation in the genetic groups of organisms that interact within the framework of the ecosystem.   And to preserve the natural resources and biodiversity, a law was passed regarding the nature reserves where bans do work or actions or activities that would destroy or damage or deterioration of the natural environment or harming wildlife or marine animal or plant or compromising their level of aesthetic areas of reserves.   In the framework of the law has been declared 21 protected on an area of 8.5% of the area of Egypt, which represent many distinct ecosystems and natural phenomena, and others. Been identified as 19 area declared natural reserves in the future and aims to reach the protection of 15% of Egypt's area by 2017.   Source  : http://www.sis.gov.eg/Ar/Templates/Categories/tmpListArticles.aspx?CatID=504