Bridging Scientific Research and Local Communities through Ecotourism:

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  • 科学研究プロジェクトと地域社会を架橋するエコツーリズム
  • 科学研究プロジェクトと地域社会を架橋するエコツーリズム : ガボン,ムカラバ･ドゥドゥ国立公園における取り組み
  • カガク ケンキュウ プロジェクト ト チイキ シャカイ オ カキョウ スル エコツーリズム : ガボン,ムカラバ ・ ドゥドゥ コクリツコウエン ニ オケル トリクミ
  • ─ガボン，ムカラバ・ドゥドゥ国立公園における取り組み─
  • -A Case Study in Moukalaba- Doudou National Park, Gabon

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<p>The rapid depletion of African rainforests and loss of wildlife, such as great apes, is a serious issue today. Ecotourism is one approach that is expected to solve this problem by integrating environmental conservation and development. However, ecotourism development projects that lack sufficient understanding of local social contexts may marginalize local people and even impact conservation negatively. To discuss efficient community-based ecotourism, namely that which takes local issues into consideration, the authors focus on the research activities and an ecotourism project in a Gabonese national park.</p><p>This article describes the research process, based mainly on studies of great apes, and an ecotourism project that the authors have been conducting. The results show that (1) cooperative relationships and mutual understanding of local people, cultivated during the course of the research, contribute to establishing acceptance of ecotourism within the community, and (2) based on the cooperative relationships, changes in local perceptions and attitudes towards conservation are reinforced through ecotourism projects that allow collaboration between several external actors. It is important that all stakeholders, including local people, work together to establish a community basis for developing ecotourism.</p>

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