Can you imagine that millions of people in developing countries depend on a great extent on wetlands for local economy development and food security? According to wetland international, wetlands are valuable ecosystems that occupy about 6% of the world’s surface. They provide a variety of goods and services to the local people.
Coasts, lakes, rivers, fauna, flora and other wetland areas are vital resources for tourism. Tourists enjoy natural beauty and wildlife living in wetlands. Wetland tourism leads to poverty eradication and local community economic growth in developing countries.
Although wetlands tourism has drawbacks such as habitat loss, pollution, noise or over-consumption of water, well-prepared planning and management can lead to vitalize the local economic and food security.
How can we NGOs encourage wetland tourism as sustainable way?
In order to ensure sustainable tourism in wetlands, local NGOs contribute to maintain or increase biodiversity and ecosystem health by sustainable tourism practice.
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