A New ′Conservation Space′? Protected Areas, Environmental Economic Activities and Discourses in Two Yucatán Biosphere Reserves in Mexico

Doyon, Sabrina; Sabinot, Catherine

doi:10.4103/0972-4923.138409

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“…The key-point in traveling coastal areas with aesthetic, enjoy the beauty of landscape, and culinary and handicraft tourism. In addition, preserved coastal environment, increasing local economics, and empowering local communities (Kelkit et al, 2010;Phillips, 2010;Krause and Weir, 2011;Hadi and Nurisjah, 2012;Doyon and Sabinot, 2014;Alexandrakis et al, 2015;Cobbinah, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Discerning Coastal Ecotourism in Bira Island

Hengky

2018

ijms

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The Ministry of Tourism has created a 10-priority destination program in Indonesia. Pulau Seribu is one of the 10 destinations. Meanwhile, Bira Island is located in the Thousand Islands. To improve the performance of the Island, it is also necessary to increase the island of Bira. This mixed mode research, conducted for a year on the island of Bira to respond to the plans of the Ministry of Tourism. This study aims to discern Coastal Ecotourism in Bira Island, Indonesia. The results of data collection and tabulation show the existence of gap between the performances of the island at this time and expected. Ecotourism concept enhances CE performance on the island. In addition, the concept also creates jobs of women and anglers living along the coastline. Besides, environmental conservation efforts create marine ecotourism. Furthermore, their efforts also increase economic contribution to them and local governments. The economic improvement is accompanied by improved coastal environmental performance and improved performance of culinary and handicraft tourism.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In particular, environmental economic activities carried out through an integration program-acceptance and internalization of conservation principles in coastal areas. This activity contributes to the crystallization of nature conservation space and marine life (Carrier and Macleod, 2005;Doyon and Sabinot, 2014).…”

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Discerning Coastal Ecotourism in Bira Island

Hengky

2018

ijms

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“…It contributes incentive to increase environmental protection. Besides, it benefits to reduce carbon footprints, sustaining local business, broader community education on fragile ecosystems, and increased levels to strategic financial stability (Michael, 2017;Cobbinah, 2015;Doyon and Sabinot, 2014;Krause and Weir, 2011;Kelkit et al, 2010;Philips, 2007).…”

Section: Business and Economic Researchmentioning

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“…The nature of ecotourism suggests an incentive to increase environmental protection that is weighed against possible negative impacts. Coastal ecotourism has a positive and sustainable solution to environmental degradation that caused by the international tourism industry (Michael, 2017;Cobbinah, 2015;Doyon and Sabinot, 2014;Krause and Weir, 2011;Kelkit, Celik, and Esbah, 2010;Phillips, 2007).…”

Section: Business and Economic Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beholding Tanjung Pesona Coastal-ecotourism in Bangka Islands, Indonesia

Hengky

2017

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Tourism sector becomes the largest foreign exchange contributor in 2020, and Indonesia has a number of tremendous natural and cultural potential to become a national tourism development asset. Even this potential could be a reckoned contributor to GDP, Foreign Exchange, and Employment. This study aims to respond Deputy of Business Market Segment and Government of Ministry of Tourism, and to behold Tanjung-Pesona coastal ecotourism. However, this fieldwork results show that the existing performance is in critical condition based on coastal-ecotourism. There are three main issues that should be addressed immediately. Firstly, enhancing community education on handling fragile ecosystems. Secondly, local government got to improve the performance of coastal carrying capacity, as well as sustaining local business model. Thirdly, they get to increase an incentive for supporting coastal environment protection program that would reduce carbon footprints and made it based on collective action. It would maintain the levels of financial stability too. The final solution of the local government to make the zoning of tourism, mining. In addition, there is the potential for regional culinary-ecotourism and fishing-ecotourism that can make a vibrant coastal-ecotourism in the islands. Besides, there are many traditional culinary options that can contribute economic to local people as sustainable local-business models. It's a unique food.

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“…Studying the socio-environmental changes caused by the implementation of a protected area through anthropological and political ecological approaches has been done by several authors within and outside the Pacific region (Aswani and Hamilton 2004;Biersack and Greenberg 2006;Brosius 2004;Doyon and Sabinot 2014;Doyon and Sabinot 2015;Escobar 2001;West 2006;West et al 2006). Studying the socioenvironmental changes caused by the confrontations of diverse types of management of one migratory species, such as the green turtle, is less common.…”

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confidence: 99%