Sustainable Development for Eco-Culture Conservation in Kelimutu National Park, Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/senvar-18.2019.26How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sustainble Development, Community Empowerment, Ecology Conservation, Local Culture Conservation, Eco-culture Tourism

Abstract

The Kelimutu National Park is located in Flores which has an area of 5,356.50 hectares. This national park has unique landscape, endemic flora and fauna, and a national famous tourism site namely Kelimutu three-color Crater Lake. The arrival of tourists in the year of 2017 amounted to 91,219 people, and about 19.52 % of it was foreign tourists. The main problems faced are poverty and forest encroachment around the national park. The existence of national park does not have positive impact on people's welfare. People living around forests take timber for both household needs and economic needs. This research aims to find the best problem solving strategies that can solve the economic problems of the communities around the National Park and the ecological problems of the National Park. The method used grounded research in phenomenology paradigm. Exploration of theory, analysis and problem solving with socio-economic phenomenon approach existing in local society. The result is sustainable development concept for nature conservation and community welfare around Kelimutu National Park. The concept theme is cultural and local wisdom tourism synergistically supports nature conservation. The communities around national park participate actively in preserving nature and culture conservation, in order to improve the local potency for tourism. The ecology and local culture conservation have a great potential and strong correlation to improve the welfare of the people around the Kelimutu National Park.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yosafat Winarto
AU  - Persada Agussetia Sitepu
PY  - 2019/02
DA  - 2019/02
TI  - Sustainable Development for Eco-Culture Conservation in Kelimutu National Park, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Sustainable Environment and Architecture (SENVAR 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 175
EP  - 183
SN  - 2352-5401
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DO  - 10.2991/senvar-18.2019.26
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