Pangolin-Based Eco-Tourism Essay

Everyone suggested pangolin conservation based eco-tourism in this area. They were very positive about this new initiative and believed that this could turn out to be a great success.

4.3.2 Entry fee for tourists to enter this C.F

50, 25, 10-20, should be decided by the community, 500, 20-50(5). (Decision will be based upon agreement of all community members)

Actions to be implemented for success of pangolin based eco-tourism

• Active participation from all the community members is required.

• Awareness programs on pangolin is required.

• Publicity of the area should be done through media.

• Community orientation and consensus is required for tourism promotion.

• Conservation of the whole area should be considered.

• The feeling of ownership

• Pangolin sanctuary should be established.

• Visitor information centre should be established close to the forest area.

• Pangolin habitat should be intact.

• Trekking should be promoted inside the CF so that tourists can see the burrows, habitat and even pangolin sightings.

• The forest should be divided into different blocks and pangolin conservation management should be intervened.

• Proper roads should be made to link Rani C.F to Hetauda bazaar.

• If possible, a short documentary of pangolins including live pangolin footage form Rani CF should be made providing more information about pangolins and the village, history etc. the documentary could be of 5-10 minutes and could be presented in the visitor information center regularly. Primary and secondary stakeholders and their roles for this approach

Primary stakeholders and their roles

The table below shows the major stakeholders and their possible roles for pangolin conservation based ecotourism

Table 4.21: Primary stakeholders and their roles in pangolin conservation based ecotourism

Primary stakeholders Roles

DFO • Tourism infrastructure should be

• Pangolin conservation action plan is required in Nepal.

• Community based conservation should be done i.e bottom up effort is required.

• Pangolin prey base and habitat must be managed and protected.

• Regular monitoring of pangolin status should be done

• Specially during the breeding periods of pangolin, entries to the local people should be restricted.

• The area should be declared as community managed pangolin conservation area and should be used only for doing so.

• All the activities relating to conservation should be carried out under the supervision of experts.

• Baseline database on pangolin and pangolin habitat should be created.

• CFOP should be revised and it should emphasize biodiversity conservation.

• External funding should be provided to build mutual trust among community and