Transforming the Role of Former Hunters: Tourism and Conservation Management in Baluran National Park

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10.2991/978-2-38476-485-3_17How to use a DOI?

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Baluran National Park; Ecotourism; Hunter

Abstract

The field of tourism is considered very important in the development of Indonesia. Indonesian tourism has various characteristics and diversity in each region that is different. One of the places that have become economically developed in the field of tourism is the Baluran National Park area in Situbondo, East Java. The surrounding community is very dependent on the existence of National parks, for example, in meeting daily needs. The local community is currently involved in the management and ecotourism development of Baluran National Park in Wonorejo Village. However, before the local community of Baluran National Park ecotourism area switched to ecotourism activities, most of the local people used to be poachers. Researchers aim to determine the formation of community participation of former poachers in the development and management of ecotourism areas in Baluran National Park and to determine the forms of community participation of former poachers in the development and management of ecotourism areas in Baluran National Park. This research used qualitative methods to explore data more about the research subject who is the Wonorejo Village community as a former hunter who is now involved in the management of Baluran National Park. Using the ecotourism concept, the data shows that it can be a concept model for developing conservation management.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nanda Harda Pratama Meiji
AU  - Aditya Bagus Satria
AU  - Bayu Agung Laksono
AU  - Heni Masruroh
AU  - Abdul Mu’id Aris Shofa
AU  - Nur Hadi
AU  - Sharina Osman
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/11/14
TI  - Transforming the Role of Former Hunters: Tourism and Conservation Management in Baluran National Park
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Sociology and Educational Transformation (ICCSET  2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 160
EP  - 169
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-485-3_17
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-485-3_17
ID  - Meiji2025
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