Ecotourism Product Development as a Means to Supplant Illegal Logging in the Tangkahan Area of Leuser National Park
Grantee Name: Indonesian Ecotourism Network
- Hotspot
- Sundaland
- Location
- Indonesia
- Amount
- $22,325
- Dates
- Jun 2003 – Jan 2004
- Keywords
- Buffer zones, Capacity building, Livelihoods, Protected Areas, Tourism
Build the capacity of local groups in Tangkahan, a village in the buffer zone of Gunung Leuser National Park, to develop and produce ecotourism products. It is expected that successful ecotourism in Tangkahan will slow illegal logging in this portion of the national park.
Strategic Direction
:
2 Empower civil society to organize in favor of conserving biodiversity
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