Challenges of Tourism Resource Conservation and Management: A Case Study of Abijata-Shala Lakes National Park, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia - Couverture souple

Teferi, G.Michael G.Medhin; Singh, Ranavijai Bahadur

 
9783848405374: Challenges of Tourism Resource Conservation and Management: A Case Study of Abijata-Shala Lakes National Park, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3848405377 ISBN 13 : 9783848405374
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Abijata-Shala Lakes National Park (ASLNP), located 200 KM south of Addis Ababa, a conservation zone established in 1970, area of 887 km2 combining two saline lakes and surrounding woodland, aims to conserve the aquatic birds and biodiversity in its surrounding. It has great potential to attract tourists, generates revenue for the economy. ASLNP off-limits to hunting, grazing, logging, mining, agriculture and other human activities; and entangled with multitude of problems and due to human modifications considered as ‘ecological islands’ by resource users. This study made a investigation on the existing conservation and management challenges, their sources, causes, and consequences on the resource of park. For this purpose data was generated from primary and secondary sources by various techniques. Currently population settlement, intensive farm land expansion, overgrazing, fuel wood collection and charcoal production, sand mining and mineral salt extraction, over fishing and water abstraction are among the main challenges which led to environmental destabilizations. In general the park features a poor planning, and lacks legal enforcement

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Abijata-Shala Lakes National Park (ASLNP), located 200 KM south of Addis Ababa, a conservation zone established in 1970, area of 887 km2 combining two saline lakes and surrounding woodland, aims to conserve the aquatic birds and biodiversity in its surrounding. It has great potential to attract tourists, generates revenue for the economy. ASLNP off-limits to hunting, grazing, logging, mining, agriculture and other human activities; and entangled with multitude of problems and due to human modifications considered as ‘ecological islands’ by resource users. This study made a investigation on the existing conservation and management challenges, their sources, causes, and consequences on the resource of park. For this purpose data was generated from primary and secondary sources by various techniques. Currently population settlement, intensive farm land expansion, overgrazing, fuel wood collection and charcoal production, sand mining and mineral salt extraction, over fishing and water abstraction are among the main challenges which led to environmental destabilizations. In general the park features a poor planning, and lacks legal enforcement

Biographie de l'auteur

G/Michael G/Medhin Teferi, MA in Development Studies,Addis Ababa University. Program Editor,Ethiopian Radio&Television Agency,Addis Ababa,Ethiopia andDr.Ranavijai Bahadur Singh,MA&Ph.D.-Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi,India,Presently-Assistant Professor,Environment&Climate Change Management,Ethiopian Civil Service University,Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3848405377
ISBN 13 
9783848405374
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
136
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