Current community based ecotourism practices in Menz Guassa community conservation area, Ethiopia

Teshome, Endalkachew; Shita, Fikadu; Abebe, Fekadu

doi:10.1007/s10708-020-10179-3

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“…Among these, habitat destruction, fragmentation, political instability and policy defects, poaching, lack of commitment from government officials, scarcity of funds, expansion of large scale agriculture, illegal exploitation of available resources, and lack of skilled manpower in the field are the main ones (Tefera 2011). In addition, there exists lack of effective and sound institutional framework and legal bases for ecotourism development in the country (Teshome et al 2020). This is attributed to the less emphasis and recognition given to ecotourism and also to lack of cohesiveness, integrity, and cooperation among the stakeholders (Eshetu 2014).…”

Section: Degradation Of Wildlife Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Natural resource degradation tendencies in Ethiopia: a review

Wassie

2020

Environ Syst Res

184

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Background Ethiopia is gifted with abundant natural resources of adequate landmass, fertile soil, favorable climate, water, wildlife, and others. Many of its resources are not properly identified, well managed, and fully exploited. The concern of this review is collating the current state of knowledge about the status of land, water, forest, rangeland and wildlife resources, and hence, assesses their degradation tendencies. Results In Ethiopia, natural resources are under the influence of various interconnected factors like population pressure, agricultural expansion, migration, rapid urbanization, resettlement, climate change, and environmental pollution. Its huge population number had been putting a great burden on the sustainability of almost all types of natural resources. There is, therefore, serious degradation of land, water, forest, rangeland, and wildlife resources that appear to feed off each other. This results in severe soil loss, low vegetative cover, unsustainable farming practice, continuous use of dung and crop residues for fuel, overgrazing, and destruction and/or migration of wildlife, which again are intensifying the degradation of available resources in a vicious circle. The process ends with amplified environmental consequences such as water quality deterioration, biodiversity decline, and averts ecosystem services. It further recapitulates towards diverse socio-economic problems, political instability, marginalization, poverty, and recurrent natural hazards. The Ethiopian governments have taken several steps to address these problems like launching soil and water conservation campaign, tree planting programs, and others; success to date, however, has been limited. Conclusions Special attention has to be given to properly manage the natural resources and ecosystems; so that, it can continue to provide the goods and services the population need.

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Section: Degradation Of Wildlife Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ethiopia is one of the renowned nations in the world in terms of ecotourism resources (Teshome et al 2020). The country is endowed with the vast array of historical, archaeological, cultural, and natural resources significant for the development of community-based ecotourism (Amare 2015b).…”

Section: Community-based Ecotourismmentioning

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Natural resource degradation tendencies in Ethiopia: a review

Wassie

2020

Environ Syst Res

184

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“…To get an approximate idea of the interest of this subject among researchers, Mtapuri et al (2015) [16] reported 400 articles on CBT covered in 136 different journals since its emergence in the 1980s. Many of these researches analyze real cases of Community-Based Tourism Enterprises (CBTEs) located mainly in Africa (e.g., in Kenya [17][18][19], Botswana [20], Namibia [21], Ethiopia [22,23], and South Africa [24,25]), in South America (e.g., in Nicaragua [26], Barbados [27], Brazilian Amazon [28], and Colombia [29]), and in Asia (e.g., in Philippines [30]).…”

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“…There is a general agreement in the existing literature regarding the potential contribution of CBTs to poverty alleviation and sustainability of tourism industry and local communities (e.g., [17,19,22,23,26,[31][32][33][34]. Also, about one of the main challenges of CBTEs: A weak managerial capacity among communities to run these CBTEs [20][21][22]24,26,28,33].…”

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“…Also, about one of the main challenges of CBTEs: A weak managerial capacity among communities to run these CBTEs [20][21][22]24,26,28,33]. However, there are also successful cases such as the Community-based ecotourism in Menz Guassa in Ethiopia, where "indigenous community leaders were capable of operating and managing community based ecotourism businesses effectively and inspiring individuals from the local population to participate in the tourism business" [23].…”

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Diagnosis of Administrative and Financial Processes in Community-Based Tourism Enterprises in Ecuador

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In recent years, community-based tourism has become a source of income within indigenous and rural communities, either as a principal or complementary activity. However, the management of the administrative and financial processes of this type of enterprise was unknown. In this sense, this paper aims to analyze the state of these processes within the so-called Community-Based Tourism Enterprises (CBTEs) in the provinces of Pichincha, Napo, and Imbabura (Ecuador). For this purpose, a matrix was designed to collect information on the administrative and financial processes that an enterprise should have, detailing all their elements with their respective assessment. Also, an interview was administered to the 28 community leaders (one for each CBTE) to diagnose each issue of business management. In this diagnosis, it was concluded that, despite having a certificate from the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR), the Community-Based Tourism Enterprises have not implemented important administrative and financial processes such as a strategic plan, operational plan, market study, cost analysis, process manual, market plan, initial situation, results status, final status, or financial indicators. Therefore, in the long term, this leads to poor management of business resources, which can result in the closure of these enterprises.

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Impact of community participation on sustainable development of marine protected areas: Assessment of ecotourism development

Rahman

Masud

Akhtar

et al. 2021

Journal of Tourism Research

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This study aims to investigate the role of community participation and its impact on economic, environmental, and social sustainability in marine protected areas (MPAs) in Malaysia through the development of ecotourism. A structured questionnaire was employed for collecting data and analyzed using the partial least square method. The results indicate that community participation explains a significant amount of variance in ecotourism development. The findings reveal that ecotourism development contributes toward economic, social, and environmental sustainability directly and indirectly. This implies that ecotourism development and community participation are of paramount importance in achieving sustainable development in MPAs.

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Current community based ecotourism practices in Menz Guassa community conservation area, Ethiopia

Cited by 22 publications

References 20 publications

Natural resource degradation tendencies in Ethiopia: a review

Natural resource degradation tendencies in Ethiopia: a review

Diagnosis of Administrative and Financial Processes in Community-Based Tourism Enterprises in Ecuador

Impact of community participation on sustainable development of marine protected areas: Assessment of ecotourism development

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