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Coastal and Wetland Biodiversity Management Project BGD/99/G31 Hakaluki Haor Draft Conservation Management Plan � Teaching materials � Story books � Multi-topic booklets � Songs and poetry � Posters – birds, fish, swamp forest species etc. � Pamphlets � T-shirts and hats � TV ads � Documentaries � Topic specific campaigns – bird hunting, fry fish catching etc. � Radio announcements � Theatre, plays, and pantomimes � Competitions � Integrating conservation concerns into religious teachings � Movies and documentaries • Maintain records of all education and awareness materials developed for review, refinement and re-use as required • Place priority in undertaking activities to raise awareness about threatened and critically endangered species • Ensure that all awareness materials developed include options which provide local communities with specific instructions about how to contribute to and/ or get involved in conservation efforts Primary Outcome/ Output • There is a much wider understanding and awareness among the local community and throughout the country about the ecological and socio-economic importance of Hakaluki Haor Constraints • Education and awareness raising activities may be effective in the short-term but unless viable alternatives are identified which promote change away from habits that are damaging to the environment such efforts may not be sustainable in the long-term • Education and awareness activities can be quite expensive operations which may be difficult to keep funding over the long-term 7.3.3 Tourism Hakaluki Haor has significant tourism potential. Scenically it is very picturesque with a landscape that changes dramatically between winter and summer months. The site is probably most attractive during the dry season after the flooding has receded leaving expansive open grassy plains dotted with many different sized water bodies which attract large numbers of wintering populations of birds especially migratory ducks. The perimeter of the ECA has its own charm characterised by rolling hills covered largely in tea gardens and rubber plantations. During the summer, the ECA turns into a large inland freshwater lake the sites of which can be enjoyed by a leisurely cruise on a local boat. The promotion of tourism at Hakaluki Haor is important for a number of reasons. Firstly, it will help to raise awareness throughout the country about the ecological and socio-economic importance of the ECA. Additionally, as Hakaluki Haor is a wintering site for birds of global significance there is also potential to promote the ECA within the region and even internationally especially among the bird watching community. Secondly, by involving appropriate community groups in tourism activities an alternative income generating source will be created and as a result the pressure of unsustainable activities on the ECA will be reduced. Thirdly, tourism can also help to generate funds to support the on-going management costs of the ECA. Prepared by UNOPS Consultant Mr. Sulma Warne August/ September 2005 for Project BGD/99/G31 39

Management Actions Coastal and Wetland Biodiversity Management Project BGD/99/G31 Hakaluki Haor Draft Conservation Management Plan • Survey the ECA and identify suitable locations that have the potential to attract tourist for both domestic and international markets. Considerations should include: � Main features of attraction such as shrines, mosques, temples, hills, homesteads, forests, water bodies, rivers, wildlife, tea garden etc � Main activity associated with the location such as enjoying scenic beauty, picnicking, hiking, swimming, boating, hunting, angling, photography, bird watching, camping, shopping, student field visits, research � Available facilities such as hotels, shops, restaurants, toilets, water, electricity � Potential dangers including security risks � Accessibility by bus, car, motorbike, and boat � Presence of critical habitats and the implication that tourism activities may have on these sites � Social acceptance by the local community • Prepare a report which documents all this information including a map highlighting the key areas that hold potential for tourism within the ECA • Ensure that all tourism activities identified are low cost, environmentally sustainable, and ecofriendly • Assess the requirements for infrastructure development which have minimum environmental and ecological impacts on the ECA and which are relatively low cost • Assess the feasibility of establishing a resource/ information centre for tourists (and others) to visit in order to learn more about the ECA • Assess the feasibility of building bird watching towers as an immediate low cost initiation of a eco-tourism activity • Assess capacity of local community groups to undertake tourism activities and develop strategies aimed building capacity as required • Develop and initiate a small scale and low cost pilot tourism activity in close collaboration with local community groups and with the involvement of relevant local government agencies • Assess the feasibility of establishing a system whereby tourists are charged an entrance fee to visit the ECA • Identify other ways of generating direst income through tourism which can help support ongoing management of the ECA Primary Outcome/ Output • Tourism becomes an economically viable and environmentally sustainable industry which supports the local community, as well as conservation efforts Constraints • Hakaluki Haor is not currently seen as a high priority site for the promotion of tourism activities • Considerable groundwork needs to be done before tourism activities can be initiated • Very little infrastructure is available in and around Hakaluki Haor which will support tourism Prepared by UNOPS Consultant Mr. Sulma Warne August/ September 2005 for Project BGD/99/G31 40

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