Can community-based tourism facilitate conservation of the Bangladesh Sundarbans?

Islam, Md. Wasiul; Rahman, Md. Mozahidur; Iftekhar, Sayed; Rakkibu, Md. Golam

doi:10.1080/14724049.2013.820309

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“…CMT is highly dependent on the quality of natural ecosystems to attract visitors but at the same time contributes strongly to their depletion and fragilization, hence putting its own sustainability at risk (Tonazzini et al 2019). Consequently, research has identified CMT in many cases as a controversial issue, which strongly warrants consideration of the concept of sustainable development (Islam et al 2013;Hossain et al 2014;Islam and Shamsuddoha 2018;Hassan and Alam 2019;Hussain, Failler, and Sarker 2019;Patil, Failler, and Alam 2019). Therefore, the issues of developing and promoting CMT demand critical analysis to maximize the positive impacts and to reduce the negative impacts and ensure sustainable CMT.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Islands constitute economic, social, cultural, and strategic heritage that supports 20% of the global biodiversity (IUCN 2020). Some policies and acts, along with other legal documents (see Table A10.1 in the Appendix), have created "windows of opportunity" for Bangladesh, allowing and recommending tourism development in the coastal and marine environment for the greater interest of the country on which it can base sociocultural, economic, environmental, and institutional development (Islam 2010;Islam, Iftekhar, and Islam 2011;Islam et al 2013;Hossain et al 2014;Islam and Shamsuddoha 2018;Hassan and Alam 2019;Hussain, Failler, and Sarker 2019;Patil, Failler, and Alam 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance

Huang¹,

Voyer²,

Benzaken³

et al. 2022

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Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance

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Voyer²,

Benzaken³

et al. 2022

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“…(Hossain et al, 2012) Due to lack of income opportunities, education and environmental consciousness, most of them are fully or partially dependent on the natural resources of the SRF which threatens the forest as a whole (Singh et al, 2010). This scenario urges colossal alternative income generation (AIG) opportunities for the locals which can alter the pattern of dependency on the natural resources of the Sundarbans (Islam et al, 2013). This modified dependency on the Sundarbans will contribute to reduce the extraction of natural resources of the forest and restrict their noncooperation attitude to destroy the forest (Islam, 2010).…”

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“…Participatory evaluation in different stages (pre-ante, ongoing and post-ante) of the project will also facilitate to monitor and evaluate the project activities. The overall status of the natural resources of the site will be assessed by participatory monitoring and evaluation (PME) by the government through the forest department (Islam et al, 2013).…”

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Discovery of a potential site for community-based sustainable ecotourism in the Sundarbans reserve forests, Bangladesh

Haque

Reza

Alam

et al. 2020

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Conservation of biological diversity is a pressing need and protected areas are the cornerstones for conserving remaining flora and fauna. However, forest dependent livelihood in countries like Bangladesh making this task very critical. In the case of the poor and forest-dependent livelihood in the Sundarbans area of Bangladesh, an eco-friendly ecotourism may provide an alternative livelihood, which mayreduce the overexploitation from the valuable Sundarbans forest ecosystems. Furthermore, this initiative may also serve to aware people on the value of this unique ecosystems. Therefore, this study discusses the scope, benefits and challenges for developing sustainable ecotourism within the protected area. It focuses on the development of a potential site for sustainable ecotourism inside the Sundarbans Reserve Forest. Developing sustainable tourism spots inside the wildlife hub has a high demand among tourists and it is also necessary for the socio-economic development of the local community, moreover, the approach of community-based ecotourism (CBEM) is a suitable strategy for conservation of protected areas

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“…The government of Bangladesh is now in the process of developing the tourism policy with an emphasis on the community involvement and their livelihood improvement; and to protect or conservation of nature. That will contribute to the development of a healthy, responsible and sustainable type of ecotourism for the benefit of all (Islam et al, 2013). Community based ecotourism (CBET) can promote local enterprise development through continuous improvement of enterprises as well tourism sector (Iqball et al, 2010).…”

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Community based ecotourism in income generation: a study on the sundarbans adjacent area of Bangladesh

Saha¹,

Ahmed²,

Roy³

et al. 2015

Int. j. bus. manag. soc. res.

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The rich natural and cultural attractions are valuable ingredients for community based ecotourism development in Bangladesh. Every year, a large number of tourists visit in the Sundarbans, which has a significant contribution in the household income to the people who are mostly involved in this sector. The result of the empirical model of Durbin-Watson test revealed the model significant at 1% and 5% level. The income counted here is considered as dependent variable and the age, education, experience, number of tourist served; poor infrastructure; poor communication and transportation; poor knowledge about CBET; lack of government policy etc. as independent variable, the eco cottage quality, natural beauty and security are the dummy variable. The result shows that, the age, number of tourist served and absence of leadership and entrepreneurship ability are significant at 1% and 5% level; experience and the eco cottage quality also found significant for income. However, community based ecotourism industry in Bangladesh is facing many problems, such as lack of transportation and communication system, poor investment, political unrest situation of the country , lack of government policy, poor marketing policy to attract the tourists, poor knowledge about CBET, lack of well-planned accommodation, food, entertainment and other services to satisfy diverse categories of tourists. The issue of safety and security of the tourists of both domestic and foreign origins is also very important for the development of ecotourism in Sundarbans area. Though a policy has been adopted in the recent time for ensuring sustainable development of this sector, the strategies adopted under the policy are not yet being seriously taken up for implementation. Besides, the country requires a strong physical planning strategy to develop its urban and rural areas, and national transportation and communication system to establish connectivity to the tourism spots. There should be a strong marketing policy, business planning as well for the promotion of tourism in the country.

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Can community-based tourism facilitate conservation of the Bangladesh Sundarbans?

Cited by 21 publications

References 14 publications

Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance

Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance

Discovery of a potential site for community-based sustainable ecotourism in the Sundarbans reserve forests, Bangladesh

Community based ecotourism in income generation: a study on the sundarbans adjacent area of Bangladesh

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