Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation

This study was conducted to determine whether ecotourism plays an important role in the conservation of salt licks. Salt licls has been overlooked as important component of habitat biodiversity for wildlife. A Salt lick have been taken for granted as anatural geological formation but lacking the emp...

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Main Authors:	Ang , Sek Chuan, Chan , Ngai Weng
Format:	Article
Published:	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3381/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3381/

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spelling	ukm-33812012-01-20T07:56:50Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3381/ Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation Ang , Sek Chuan Chan , Ngai Weng This study was conducted to determine whether ecotourism plays an important role in the conservation of salt licks. Salt licls has been overlooked as important component of habitat biodiversity for wildlife. A Salt lick have been taken for granted as anatural geological formation but lacking the emphasis on its significant role to the ecosystem abd wildlife. Many scientific studies on physico-chemical analysis and wildlife visitations at salt licks document their significance. Due to neglect and other reasons, many salt licks have been destroyed by development that encroached into natural landscape such as logging, poaching damming and plantation developments.However,many salt licks in national and state parks,and forest reserves have been successfully exploited for ecotourism attractions and these exploitations undeniably have benefited conservation of those salt licks. The study methodology focuses mainly on field research using empirical investigations,interviews and in-situ visits to many of the salt lick conservation sites in Malaysia. The findings show that ecotourism can be an important tool in salt lick conservation. A well managed touristic salt lick can sustain wildlife habitat and environment conservation. Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2011 Article PeerReviewed Ang , Sek Chuan and Chan , Ngai Weng (2011) Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 12 (1). pp. 15-22. ISSN 1511-7855 http://ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
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description	This study was conducted to determine whether ecotourism plays an important role in the conservation of salt licks. Salt licls has been overlooked as important component of habitat biodiversity for wildlife. A Salt lick have been taken for granted as anatural geological formation but lacking the emphasis on its significant role to the ecosystem abd wildlife. Many scientific studies on physico-chemical analysis and wildlife visitations at salt licks document their significance. Due to neglect and other reasons, many salt licks have been destroyed by development that encroached into natural landscape such as logging, poaching damming and plantation developments.However,many salt licks in national and state parks,and forest reserves have been successfully exploited for ecotourism attractions and these exploitations undeniably have benefited conservation of those salt licks. The study methodology focuses mainly on field research using empirical investigations,interviews and in-situ visits to many of the salt lick conservation sites in Malaysia. The findings show that ecotourism can be an important tool in salt lick conservation. A well managed touristic salt lick can sustain wildlife habitat and environment conservation.
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author	Ang , Sek Chuan Chan , Ngai Weng
spellingShingle	Ang , Sek Chuan Chan , Ngai Weng Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation
author_facet	Ang , Sek Chuan Chan , Ngai Weng
author_sort	Ang , Sek Chuan
title	Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation
title_short	Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation
title_full	Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation
title_fullStr	Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation
title_full_unstemmed	Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation
title_sort	ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation
publisher	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate	2011
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3381/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3381/
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Ecotourism as a tool in salt lick conservation

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