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the conservation of the remnants of mangroves found near the community
as well as on the community eco-tourism development project. The current
threats to the area are mainly exploitation of the mangroves, but the fringe
of the mangrove forests is also threatened by occasional illegal landfills to
extend housing developments. This project, in co-operation with the Puerto
Hondo Ecoclub, strengthens the community eco-tourism project in Puerto
Hondo through the purchase of needed equipment and training, to improve
services for tourists.
• www.bosquecerroblanco.com
17 Ucumari, Peru
Strengthening nature-oriented, community-based tourism in and around the future
Reserva Comunal Chilchos
In the northern part of the largest continuous and undisturbed cloud
forest area in Peru, the Reserva Comunal Chilchos (appr. 126.000 ha.
including bufferzones) is planned. Cattle ranching is the principal threat
to biodiversity conservation in the planned Reserve, requiring extensive
deforestation, drainage of paramo and annual burning of pasture, often
resulting in uncontrolled fires. Besides habitat destruction, indiscriminate
hunting poses a serious threat to conservation of mammals and birds.
Community-based trekking tourism will be the most important sustainable
alternative for cattle ranching in the highlands, as it will become a more
prominent source of local income for cattle ranchers owning hotels,
restaurants and mules, and /or working as guides and mule drivers.
• www.ucumari.org
18 Enviu, Chili
Senderos de los Alacalufes
In Puerto Natales a group of local fishermen have joined forces in a cooperative.
Due to over fishing by (inter)national fishing companies and
a red tide plague, fishermen in Patagonia are experiencing more and
more trouble to make a living. The co-operative has developed a tourism
programme including boat trips and walking tours (varying from half a day
until three days) in the area. The objectives of the project are to generate
sustainable alternative income for local fishermen through tourism
activities with a minimum environmental impact. This project will serve
as an example, as the co-operative received permits for the tours from the
National Forestry Department. When the tours prove a success the Forestry
Department will do research on a shift from giving out logging concessions
towards giving out tourism concessions.
• www.enviu.org
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19 Doga ^ Dernegi, ^
Turkey
Eco-tourism training at Ayder – Kackar Mountains National Park
Ayder is already known by many tourists because of its natural beauty.
Some eco-tourism activities have been developed but due to the lack
of appropriate infrastructure, local capacity and marketing ability these
activities have not contributed sustantially to the sustainable use of these
areas. In some cases, there have even been detrimental effects on the natural
resources and biodiversity. The overall goal of this project is to demonstrate
that eco-tourism can play a major role in sustainable use and conservation
of Turkey’s biodiversity. Within this project local people are trained as
nature guides to increase the quality of tourism service and provide them
with an opportunity to generate income while also conserving nature.
• www.dogadernegi.org
20 CEPAD - Centro para la Participación y el Desarrollo
Humano Sostenible, Bolivia
Conservation of native orchids and the launch of community-based tourism in the
Chiquitano community of El Encanto
The Chiquitano forest ecoregion contains a highly threatened type
of (semi-) dry tropical forest. The forest has an extremely rich, but
overexploited orchid flora. The region is under threat by deforestation
due to agricultural expansion (industrial and small farming) and logging
and by unsustainable collection of orchids for sales in Santa Cruz. The
area is part of an existing regional tourism circuit centred around former
Jesuit missions, which have been declared a World Heritage Site in 1991.
The project aims to diversify the region’s tourism product with tourism
activities focussed on orchids, which can contribute to the in-situ
conservation of orchids in El Encanto.
• www.cepad.org
21 Roman Luan, East Timor
Atauro Island
Community concerns about government plans for developing mass
tourism on Atauro prompted Roman Luan to become involved in ethical
eco-tourism. Roman Luan developed a community managed eco-tourism
facility, the resort of Tua Koin, which serves as a model for community
development and gives Atauro people experience of tourism issues and
management. The focus of this project was on improvement of marketing.
• www.atauroisland.com