Adaptive Local Wisdom Management for Cetacean Conservation and Sustainable Marine Ecotourism in East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia

Agus Hartoko, Jahved F Maro, Max R Muskananfola, Mesak Y Awang, Muhammad Helmi, Eddy J Jaya Atmaja, Rio A Agustian, Suryanti Suryanti

Abstract

The study aims to explore the distribution, habitat, tracks, and migration tracks of cetaceans in the tropical seawater at Lamalera, Pantar, Alor, Ombai strait, Pura Island, Kabola Beach and Savu Sea East Nusa Tenggara for its management plan. The field explorative survey discovered several local wisdoms in this area such as managing Dugong dugon feeding on specific seagrass species Halophila ovalis and Enhalus acoroides at Kabola Beach Alor by an elderly key person, later set as the nucleus zone and limited ecotourism.
Traditional whale hunting at Lamalera Beach Lembata Island is controlled by a local elderly priest, and the spatial whale track at Pantar, Alor and Ombai strait is set as a limited zone and developed for whale-watching ecotourism. The cold seawater upwelling phenomena that attract school’s dolphin and whale in Alor strait is set for limited zone and ecotourism. The anemone-city as a specific coral-reef ecosystem living above the volcanic underwater sea mount at Pura Island is set for the nucleus zone and limited diving ecotourism. Result of FGD and considering those specific ecological factors, the stakeholders agree to describe the adaptive local wisdom to develop the conservation and sustainable ecotourism of the Cetacean. The novelty is the development of a new paradigm of Marine-Geopark Cetacean management strategy for conservation and sustainable ecotourism. That is, the integration of coastal geo-morphological underwater sea mounts, ecological factors, local wisdom, social-economy, and sustainable generating income activities by the local community, as the first concept of scientific, community-based, and adaptive local wisdom policy will lead to an active participatory sustainable management plan. The study had implied progressively with four Governor Regulations of East Nusa Tenggara Province for the Cetacean sustainable resources management are Task-force Team for Integrated Coastal zonation and Management Plan, Diving spots-ecotourism, Co-management by stake-holders, and Development of Integrated and sustainable ecotourism.

 

Keywords: Cetacean; whale; dugong; dolphin; management.

 

https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.52.2.4


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