A guide to sustainable tourism in developing countries
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PRINCIPAL OF WASTE MANAGEMENT REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE IMPLEMENTATION Stakeholders Involved Coordination and Technical Guidance The Community STAGE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT Waste Inventory Provision of Facilities and Infrastructure Management of Waste Management Education and Improvement of Community Awareness Collaborative Waste Management MONITORING AND REPORT- ING Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) of Waste Management for: • Climbing • Camping • Business Activities • Cooperation with Waste Banks • Monitoring and Reporting FINANCING National Budget Other budgets from stakeholders THE SCOPE OF GUIDELINES, INCLUDES: CASE STUDY 2. PRESERVING THE HABITAT OF ENDEMIC BIRDS; INDONESIA - ALEX WAISIMON Papua, Indonesia, is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the world. The island is home to more than 800, bird species including birds of paradise, bowerbirds, largest flightless species cassowaries, and crowned pigeons, believed to be one of the closest living relatives of the dodo. Most of these species inhabit lowland forest that is being threatened by hunting, bird trade and habitat loss. Alex Waisimon is a tour guide who owns a bird-watching camp in Nimbokrang, Papua. He is working with his community to develop ecotourism to preserve endemic birds and boost the local economy at the same time. The local community can help to preserve endangered bird habitats and make money from birdwatchers. Alex operates a lodge consisting of several buildings built close to the road in a forest setting. Typically, a birdwatcher will stay 2-3 days and may undertake a morning and afternoon tour. A tour may take 3-4 hours. Alex became interested in the natural environment that his clan controlled, and he decided to set a goal of developing ecotourism in the region. He is a champion of the protection of the traditional area of his clan. Forests in Papua are managed under customary rights of indigenous peoples. The clan has 11 villages containing 2,400 people who are very dependent on the forest, because they make a living hunting and gathering. Alex plans to increase the resident's income through fostering ecotourism. Representatives of nine tribes in the Rhepang Muaif region have signed an agreement to give 98,000 ha of communal land rights to be managed as conservation areas. Alex has been working with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) staff who directly coordinate with the Minister of Forestry and Environment of Indonesia. The WWF name provides for significant marketing advantages for a business. Alex has developed his business to minimise disturbance of wildlife. He may face problems as numbers grow. However, he is planning to diversify his tours by adding in Leatherback Turtle nesting and Tree Kangaroos in the surrounding clan areas. This will allow him to provide other members of his clan with income and reduce crowding in one location. He is also planning to develop a community training centre on his land and has started building a learning centre. 109