THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY UNNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY ANYACHUKWU GOD’SWILL CHIBUEZE FOREST CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN RESPONSE TO LAND-USE CHANGE: A CASE STUDY IN BA VI DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK, BA VI DISTRICT, VIETNAM BACHELOR THESIS Study Mode: Full-time Major : Environmental Science and Management Faculty : Advanced Education Programs Office Batch : 2016 - 2020 Thai Nguyen, 2020 ABSTRACT Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry Degree Program Environmental Science and Management Student name Anyachukwu God’swill Chibueze Student ID DTN1654290026 Forest conservation and Sustainable tourism in response to Thesis Title land-use change: A case study in Ba Vi District National park, Ba Vi District, Vietnam Assoc. Nguyen Thi Ha Supervisor (s) Dr. Duong Thi Bich Ngoc Supervisor’s Signature Abstract: The Ba Vi National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc Gia Ba Vì) is a national park found 48 km (30 mi) west of Hanoi, Vietnam. The recreation center is 10,815 ha (26,720 sections of land) in the region and is situated in the Ba Vi mountain extend.
The recreation center has rich and different tropical and subtropical types of greenery. Ba Vi National Park is situated in Ba Vi District of Hanoi and two regions of Hoa Binh Province, to be specific Luong Son and Ky Son. This study paper identifies the significant changes in forest conservation and sustainable tourism how the area has responded to the land-use changes implies the conversion of forest zone to tourism including the impact, the effect on local people, tourist area, and demand from the government to benefit from the Ba Vi National park. A total of 55 tourist respondents in Ba Vi National Park were selected to answer the survey questionnaire and employed a non-probability convenience sampling.
The result revealed that the tourist and local communities significant expectation towards forest conservation policy and sustainable tourism in response to land-use change is that “Good practices of waste management can help maintain the forest conservation” with the highest mean with a value of 4.64 and SD of 4.16 and significant challenges face by both policymakers and tourist are lack of awareness of the local communities on some of the importance of protecting the forest and keeping up to the polices created to ii preserve the forest. The study recommends more ways of creating visual awareness to the local people and tourist too on the importance of conserving our forest and possible ways of sustainable tourism regarding the land use in Ba Vi and controlling the deforestation, illegal logging, and over demand of land for infrastructural development in the forest zone. Forest conservation, sustainable Tourism, land-use Keywords: change, Management. Number of pages: Date of Submission: iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ‘Winners are not people who never fail but people who never quit” - Edwin Louis Cole This quote has been and always my backbone to strength to complete this research.
It does where and how it was conducted but what matters the most is that you believed in yourself that you can do everything in your will and have the perseverance of achieving your dreams no matter the environment or circumstance that may fall when you are rising stronger and confident of what you always want to do or accomplished. Always stay positive and never accept any negativity around you. First and foremost, I will sincerely shower my deepest gratitude goes to my almighty lord for bestowing lord’s strength, compassion, love, and solidity to face my challenges because he is always with me and will never leave my side to face my perils alone. Furthermore, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to Dr.
Duong Ngoc of the Vietnam National University of Forestry, who willingly gave me her time and effort to encourage and assist me throughout the research time and completion my research, I will like to say a big thanks to my supervisor, Asso, Prof Nguyen Thi Ha for the patient. Guidance, supervision, encouragement, and advice she provided during my time under her supervision. I was extremely favored to have a supervisor who responded to my question and queries so promptly. Moreover, extending my sincere appreciation to Thai Nguyen University of agricultural and forestry, the advanced English Program office, and the University of California, Davis USA for giving me the platform to tap into new experience and iv knowledge to advance towards my academic and career pursuit.
This platform has given us a great deal of knowledge and experience which I will forever be grateful for. Finally, for the unconditional love and uncountable advice and moral support from my lovely and beautiful parent, Mr/Mrs. Anyachukwu and my lovely sibling. Henery, Kinglsey, Clinton, and Gift, I will forever be grateful for the sincere love and support, which without it, I would not have the courage and strength to carry out this study.
Sincerely, Anychukwu God’swill Chibueze v Table of Contents DOCUMENTATION PAGE WITH ABSTRACT. iii Table of Contents. iv List of Table. 1 List of Figure.
Background of the study. Significance of the study. Scope and Limitations. Understanding the meaning of Forest Conservation.
Forest Conservation achievement and it’s important. Land Use Change. The population of the study. Sampling Size and Sampling Technique.
Data Collection Method .Profile of the Study. 29 iv PART IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .Demographic Characteristics of 55 respondents .The Forest Conservation Policy and Sustainable Tourism in Response to Land Use Change in Ba Vi National Park. Safety and Security .Conclusion and Recommendation.
57 v List of Table Table 2. Positive and Negatives Impact forest conservation. Demographic Characteristics of 55 Respondents. 37 List of Figure figure 3.
Map of Ba Vi National Park. Ba Vi National Park. Regular business day at Ba Vi National Park. Background of the study Forest is played an important role for humans, animals, and plant survival involving the air we breathe to the wood we make use of it.
Forest serves as habitats for human, animals and a plant which it acts an essential role in watershed protection, prevent soil erosion and mitigation of climate change currently faced by the world which shows that the importance of forests cannot be underestimated. Based on statistic the figure over 2 billion people rely on forests for shelter, livelihoods, water, food, building materials, timbers, papers, medicines, etc. forest serve as a home for 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, and are main sources of livelihood for many different human settlements which include 60 million indigenous people. Forest is regarded as the world’s largest storehouses of carbon which it provides ecosystem services that essential for human survival and welfare such as absorbing harmful greenhouse gasses which influence climate change (mainly in tropical forests such a quarter of a trillion tons of carbon is stored in the above and below-ground biomass) (WWF, 2019).
Forest conservation policy is a law made in the protection and preservation of forest regions in the world to avoid illegal activities including deforestation and logging. The forest conservation policymakers are combat in reducing deforestation in the fight against loss of forest and climate change impact in the country but without a solid foundation in good governance and consistent policies such as forest conservation policy will not be achieved. Based on international bodies worldwide community continued to struggle to halt deforestation and the related loss of biodiversity in as much billions of dollars in foreign support in the fight against the challenges and strengthening regulations, deforestation has proven to be huge challenges to developing tropical countries and are the main habitant to world’s most valuable remaining forests (Marusiak, 2012). 2 Based on sustainable tourism in response to land-use change, the tourism industry and environmentalists may customarily be unusual partners, the expanding change of land away from its regular state into impractical uses may bring about the two turnings out to be partners in the battle to ensure staying characteristic scenes.
This organization is introduced around a proposed manageable harmonious connection between regular asset preservation and the intensity of ecotourism goals. Under this cooperative relationship, ecotourism goals advantage as upgraded intensity from the insurance of value regular assets while the preservation of common assets is progressively esteemed because these assets are acknowledged as the establishment of the ecotourism business and the driver of every monetary advantage related with ecotourism. This applied paper surveys this relationship and graphically delineates the advantageous relationship, including the numerous digressive feasible results of biodiversity, flood control, water quality, carbon sequestration, and social legacy preservation that originate from the expanded motivating forces ecotourism brings to normal asset protection (B. Bynum Boley and Gary T.
The controversy regarding the impact of tourism on the global climate and the tourism industry is both a potential casualty of just as a noteworthy supporter of environmental change. The travel industry can be undermined by anticipated changes in the worldwide atmosphere. The previous research has talked about the differing effects of environmental change on the tourism industry including the tourism industry request, goal decision, and regularity. The ongoing examination has recognized the potential negative effects of environmental change on ecological and the tourism industry subordinate financial long-haul manageability in environmental change–delicate locales, for example, seaside zones, winter sports districts, and coral reefs.
For instance, analysts address that a worldwide temperature alteration could prompt the decay of customary hotels in specific areas as they expect the appeal of goals would be bitten by bit moved towards higher scopes and heights. Specialists likewise called attention to that not exactly 50% of the current ski resorts would be continued inside a couple of decades in Switzerland. Likewise, various investigations 3 tended to the basic effects of environmental change on sea shore/island tourism goals. Vietnam is a country that has abundant natural resources for many tourism activities and a niche market which implies the country has significant potential to become the market leader in adventure and Tourism activities, for example, Ba Vi National Park is situated in the Ba Vi District of Hanoi and two regions of Hoa Binh Province, to be specific Luong Son and Ky Son.
The area has picture scenes with excellent lakes, streams, mountains, timberlands, and conventional Vietnamese towns. Ba Vi has pulled in guests with social, profound, biological, network-based, unwinding, and gathering visits. Some tourism lobbyists insisted that tourism has contributed to the social, economic, and cultural development of the local communities by preserving the tourist areas but the issue of balancing the forest conservation and land-use change has grown to develop more changes. However, Ba Vi National Park has subsequent development of infrastructure threaten by Land use change and forest conservation policy as the demand for better and recreation avenues from the government to the local communities which has to lead to demand for land- use change involving deforestation, destroying local houses, ponds, etc which are part of the local cultural heritage.
Tourists are fond of enjoying nature, culture, environmental conservation activities. In other to balance the forest conservation project and sustainable tourism in response to land-use change in Ba Vi National Park which will educate the local communities’ importance of balancing both without expectation. Moreover, the operation of the conservation project in response to land- use change lay more emphasis on which will produce benefits and support in a sustainable tourist. The protected areas are significant for the development of the tourism area in Ba Vi National Park.
This study is conducted to identify the conservation policy, sustainable tourist, and expectation toward the land-use change system in 4 aspects, environmental, community, socio-economic, and safety, and security. This study also identifies the most significant challenges faced regarding forest conservation policy, land-use 4 changes, and tourist and communities' expectations of the policy and changes in Ba Vi National Park. The poor operation of the conservation program and land change how it has affected the tourist and communities which can generate positive feedback and recommendations.