Forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management

Forest management for eco-tourism needs to emphasis on the participation of the community to ensure that eco-tourism products remain sustainable. Without active involvement by the community, eco-tourism products face the risk of being destroyed by the ravages of overzealous economic development ac...

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Main Authors:	Zainah Othman, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Abdul Samad Hadi, Shaharuddin Ismail
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12428/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12428/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12428/1/IMAN-2017-05SI3-10.pdf

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spelling	ukm-124282018-12-10T23:15:34Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12428/ Forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management Zainah Othman, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Abdul Samad Hadi, Shaharuddin Ismail, Forest management for eco-tourism needs to emphasis on the participation of the community to ensure that eco-tourism products remain sustainable. Without active involvement by the community, eco-tourism products face the risk of being destroyed by the ravages of overzealous economic development activities. Of paramount importance is the need for a balance of economic development and sustainable forest management. The forest inhabitants and the community need to be in symbiotic relations in order to survive in the forest. This study seeks to understand the community perspectives in co-managing the eco-tourism forest in RBFRSP. For that reason, three community representatives, including two Penghulu and a Tok Batin were interviewed to seek their perspectives on co-management. The results, in a nutshell, indicate that the community is not ready for co-management. Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12428/1/IMAN-2017-05SI3-10.pdf Zainah Othman, and Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, and Abdul Samad Hadi, and Shaharuddin Ismail, (2017) Forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management. International Journal of the Malay World and Civilisation, 5(SI) (1). pp. 75-79. ISSN 2289-1706 http://www.ukm.my/jatma/jilid-5terbitan-khas-bil-1/
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description	Forest management for eco-tourism needs to emphasis on the participation of the community to ensure that eco-tourism products remain sustainable. Without active involvement by the community, eco-tourism products face the risk of being destroyed by the ravages of overzealous economic development activities. Of paramount importance is the need for a balance of economic development and sustainable forest management. The forest inhabitants and the community need to be in symbiotic relations in order to survive in the forest. This study seeks to understand the community perspectives in co-managing the eco-tourism forest in RBFRSP. For that reason, three community representatives, including two Penghulu and a Tok Batin were interviewed to seek their perspectives on co-management. The results, in a nutshell, indicate that the community is not ready for co-management.
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author	Zainah Othman, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Abdul Samad Hadi, Shaharuddin Ismail,
spellingShingle	Zainah Othman, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Abdul Samad Hadi, Shaharuddin Ismail, Forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management
author_facet	Zainah Othman, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed, Abdul Samad Hadi, Shaharuddin Ismail,
author_sort	Zainah Othman,
title	Forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management
title_short	Forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management
title_full	Forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management
title_fullStr	Forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management
title_full_unstemmed	Forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management
title_sort	forest management for eco-tourism: understanding the community perspective of co-management
publisher	Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12428/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12428/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12428/1/IMAN-2017-05SI3-10.pdf
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