In the article “Borneo reaping the fruits of ecotourism” published by UNESCO Courier, author Robert Basiuk talks about how the Iban people rely
on the rich and tourism for their survival. It takes place in Malaysian in the
state of Sarawak. They have too good of resources to relies on they can only
kill certain animals and cut down various trees. Without the tourism it would
be hard to be making jobs and to have money. The village involved the tourism
is a big benefit of their wildlife. They now have a study alternative and
stocks have now been stabilized. In the year of 1999 over 20 families have received
$82,000 in tourism pay. They have now added cooks boat drivers markets. They
make a lot of money each year and they want to put the money towards more habitats
for wildlife. They get over 1,000 people every year. It is now turning into a
National Park. They say it’s not Jurassic Park
When I started
to read this article I thought it wasn’t going to be so good. Letter as I started
to read more and more I said this has got to be a fun place to visit! I thought
it was really cool how they weren’t doing so well to this; I was like blown
away how well they have been success. The only part I didn’t like about this
was how they were living. They would have mud slides so they had their house up
high. I was thinking couldn’t you just build a wall to stop the mud slide. I like how they said at the end this is not
Jurassic Park. Otherwise that would have been really cool. Over all I would recommend
this article to anyone let me know how you feel or have any questions.
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