Downloads: 115
Research Paper | Environmental Science Studies | Indonesia | Volume 6 Issue 9, September 2017
Ecotourism-Based Management Model of Nantu Wildlife Reserve
Marini Susanti Hamidun | Dewi Wahyuni K. Baderan | Meilinda Lestari Modjo
Abstract: Determination of an area as a conservation area often creates problems and conflicts between stakeholders and local communities. Ecotourism is a sustainable development concept that can bridge the interest of the government in conservation with the benefit of the local community in economic development. The purpose of this research was to develop a management model of Nantu Wildlife Reserve with ecotourism approach. Data collected using observations, interviews, literature studies, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and then analysed descriptively. Result showed that 1) Nantu Wildlife Reserve had a diversity of endemic flora and fauna and unique ecosystems which were potential as tourist objects and attractions, and 2) The ecotourism-based management model of Nantu Wildlife Reserve was able to unite the ecological, economic, and socio-cultural interests, it managed by local, national, regional and international interests with a networking system that involved local communities, relevant stakeholders, multi-skilled individuals, and local wisdom development to accommodate the interests of the community in regard to the principle of conservation, education and recreation, economics, community participation, and control.
Keywords: Ecotourism, Conservation, Nantu, Wildlife Reserve
Edition: Volume 6 Issue 9, September 2017,
Pages: 1826 - 1830
Similar Articles with Keyword 'Ecotourism'
Downloads: 2 | Weekly Hits: ⮙1 | Monthly Hits: ⮙1
Research Paper, Environmental Science Studies, India, Volume 10 Issue 5, May 2021
Pages: 1138 - 1142Ecotourism a Boon to the State Manipur: North East India
Pratima Saikhom
Downloads: 126
Research Paper, Environmental Science Studies, Bangladesh, Volume 3 Issue 8, August 2014
Pages: 2074 - 2080Floral Diversity Investigation at Bangabandhu Jamuna Eco Park, Sirajgonj, Bangladesh
Seikh Mahbub Sharif