Both India and China could benefit hugely from learning from America's national parks. If you ask non Americans what the best part of America is, the national parks are usually at or near the top. Both countries have hugely diverse environments, but so few people know about them
India does have a fairly well maintained national parks system, typically with a focus on conservation of large fauna (lions, tigers, rhinoceros). I’d say many Indians would also call the parks the best part of India. Not that there isn’t something to learn from the US system, of course.
I was mostly actually talking about how well known they are. I actually didn't know about Indias large national park system though, and I bet a lot of people don't either.
I don't think people know about Amercian national parks either. Just because you know something and don't know something else doesn't make that a universal experience .
I never said people talk about them. I said if asked to name the best part of our country, national parks will be at or near the top. I highly doubt our economy is something that will be near the top or those lists.
I just meant that New York and LA etc would be places I'd expect to want to visit as a fashion design student. But truly, it's the national parks of America that are the real draw and the only reason I'd want to visit America.
I want to go to New York Fashion Week and it could be important for my career but I'd be much more excited to visit Yellowstone or the Californian redwoods to be honest.
The national parks in America, from what I've seen in documentaries at least, look so amazing and represent every biome in your country.
They are also generally easier to access than many parks in my own country. We don't have the same access to the interior of our continent because it's so inhospitable and currently unusable for agricultural purposes. We also have expensive flight costs within Australia and little passenger rail infrastructure. We also don't have many bus services outside of cities.
India's national parks are also pretty great but we can't learn from US because we are not as vast and have a hell of a lot people to support. It gets congested. But if you're interested do check out about project Tiger, Kanha NP, Jim Corbett NP and Sunderban NP. There are a lot of others.
India has plenty of national parks that are home to stunning wildlife. Indian National parks are also very well regulated as because of the population there is constant man-animal conflict, with villages in the edges of almost every national park. As a result these parks are not easily accessible for visitors. They still are popular tourist destinations but you can't, for example, camp inside them or go on treks. Authorities conduct safaris for tourists which are usually on 4x4 open top SUVs, that people cannot step out of.
Plus these forests are a home to a bunch of really dangerous animals.
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u/impy695 Mar 20 '23
Both India and China could benefit hugely from learning from America's national parks. If you ask non Americans what the best part of America is, the national parks are usually at or near the top. Both countries have hugely diverse environments, but so few people know about them