Hotels and Apartments :: Spatial zoning: a management approach to minimize recreation

seagull — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:58:08 GMT

Author: seagull
Subject: Spatial zoning: a management approach to minimize recreation
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:58 am (GMT 0)

Management of wildlife tourism should consider the development of a zoning plan to redefine and delineate specific sites within the protected area as well as in communal or private properties that are allocated for wildlife tourism. Frequently, tourists prefer to see species during courtship and breeding periods when they are most showy and noisy. However, these are also the periods when these species are relatively more vulnerable or aggressive.

The zoning plan, therefore, should aim to protect wildlife in their critical habitats and during their sensitive periods in order to minimize resource-use conflicts between wildlife and people, including the tourists. In the many places to visit kerala state�s ever vigilant forest department has now issued travel advisories. It has clearly mapped the areas in which the wild animals and elephants are frequently seen.

Spatial zoning, that physically separates tourists and wildlife, is the most common technique to reduce the impact of tourists on wildlife. For instance, a land/water marker can be used to delineate the off-limits or areas that tourists need to keep away from the seasonal refuge of water birds. This management technique is much more needed during peak tourism seasons that coincide with the wild animal�s seasonal migration or breeding.

In the forest areas adjacent to the Western Ghats, you can see wildlife in all its majesty. However, when compared to the developments in the African Safari parks, you cannot enjoy a ride in a land rover because the terrain in the Western Ghats is uneven and consists of high hills and steep valleys.

To properly map the Western Ghats it took much time and money for the state government. But the effort is laudable, since it has helped to delineate particular areas that a tourist or frequent visitor should not visit. Very recently, the help of the space research center is also being used to analyze the developments in the deep forests without once stepping foot on the fragile habitats.

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