Is Ecotourism an Opportunity for Large Wild Animals to Thrive?

Иванова, Светлана; Prosekov, Alexander; Kaledin, Anatoly

doi:10.3390/su14052718

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“…Facilitations and training programs are required to improve community knowledge and skills. Ecotourism may also promote local wisdom, such as traditional culture, cuisine, and traditional medicines that may provide more job opportunities to local communities [80,81]. Overall, ecotourism will generate multiplier effects on communities and the region.…”

Section: Empowerment and Economic Improvement Of Communitiesmentioning

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Orangutan Ecotourism on Sumatra Island: Current Conditions and a Call for Further Development

Purwoko

Kuswanda²,

Situmorang³

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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This paper aimed to provide a narrative review of the current conditions of orangutan ecotourism on Sumatra Island, problems in the current management systems, and some recommendations for further development. Orangutan conservation centers have been developed on Sumatra Island since 1973. The Bukit Lawang Conservation Station is one of the orangutan conservation centers that have practiced ecotourism to overcome ecological and socio-economic issues. Even though the Bukit Lawang Conservation Station has operated for decades, this station has faced several issues, in particular a monetary crisis in 1997, a flash flood in 2003, and the COVID-19 pandemic. We identified that orangutan conservation centers on Sumatra Island have the potential to support orangutan ecotourism. These conservation centers have ecological support, available facilities, and rich local wisdom that can provide added value for orangutan ecotourism. Therefore, we propose that the development of orangutan ecotourism on Sumatra Island should accommodate surrounding communities through community-based wildlife ecotourism. We also recommend the following strategies to develop orangutan ecotourism on Sumatra Island: (1) mapping the location and distribution of wild orangutans in their natural habitats; (2) managing captive and semi-captive orangutans in conservation centers; (3) provision of tour packages; (4) community empowerment; (5) institutional strengthening of community-based ecotourism management (CBEM); (6) developing ecotourism through a benefit-sharing model; (7) anticipating and minimizing the negative impacts of ecotourism on orangutans; and (8) integrating orangutan tourism with local wisdom.

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Section: Empowerment and Economic Improvement Of Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Orangutan Ecotourism on Sumatra Island: Current Conditions and a Call for Further Development

Purwoko

Kuswanda²,

Situmorang³

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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A Survey on Monitoring of Wild Animals during Fires Using Drones

Иванова

Prosekov

Kaledin

2022

Fire

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Forest fires occur for natural and anthropogenic reasons and affect the distribution, structure, and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Monitoring fires and their impacts on ecosystems is an essential prerequisite for effectively managing this widespread environmental problem. With the development of information technologies, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) are becoming increasingly important in remote monitoring the environment. One of the main applications of drone technology related to nature monitoring is the observation of wild animals. Unmanned aerial vehicles are thought to be the best solution for detecting forest fires. There are methods for detecting wildfires using drones with fire- and/or smoke-detection equipment. This review aims to study the possibility of using drones for monitoring large animals during fires. It was established that in order to use unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor even small groups of wild animals during forest fires, effective unmanned remote sensing technologies in critical temperature conditions are required, which can be provided not only by the sensors used, but also by adapted software for image recognition.

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Regulation of Interaction between Hunters and Land Users: A Comparative Legal Study

Lisina

Ushakova

Иванова

et al. 2023

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Hunting is a complex type of nature management. In its process, objects of the animal world and the earth are used. Obviously, the relationship between hunters and other land users should be clearly regulated by legislation. The purpose of this work was to identify common and specific problems for different systems of interaction between hunters and land owners and to assess the possibility of spreading the existing experience of solving problems faced by the hunting sector to different countries. Three main models of the relationship between hunters and land users (direct interaction, cooperation, and division of rights) are considered. Each of the models performs its tasks and has its own degree of efficiency. The interaction organization model adopted in a country depends on the specifics of the conditions in which the hunting farm develops including economic, property, legal, social, and state aspects. It is established that the availability of hunting is best ensured within the framework of the cooperation model, the observation of the rights of owners—within the direct interaction model, the convenience of management within large territories of wild animal habitats—within the division of rights model. At the same time, it is incorrect to single out the best model by all criteria or to designate a model that is universally suitable for different conditions. In the hunting farms of Russia, the described problems of interactions are not related to the potential of the division of rights model as such, but to a lack of understanding that this particular model requires increased attention of the state. The proposals aimed at improving the practice of developing and applying models of relationships between hunters and land users are represented.

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Is Ecotourism an Opportunity for Large Wild Animals to Thrive?

Cited by 3 publications

References 90 publications

Orangutan Ecotourism on Sumatra Island: Current Conditions and a Call for Further Development

Orangutan Ecotourism on Sumatra Island: Current Conditions and a Call for Further Development

A Survey on Monitoring of Wild Animals during Fires Using Drones

Regulation of Interaction between Hunters and Land Users: A Comparative Legal Study

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