 Objectives
for developing eco projects
1. Development of a special
tourism zone in the project area through a multiple stakeholder
mechanism.
2. Setting up of various
tourist facilities like tent resorts, ethnic cottages, treetop
huts, nature interpretation-cum-eco parks, watchtowers and adventure
sports centers at strategic locations inside the tourism zone.
3. Identifying community
level stakeholders at each site and develop managerial capabilities
of such stakeholders so that mechanisms of decentralized community
level management can be evolved.
 4.
Generating and increasing income levels of community members
through revenue sharing and creation of employment opportunities.
5. Promoting indigenous culture
including traditional handicrafts within the tourism zone and
establishing necessary marketing mechanisms.
6. Starting various tourism
activities at each site and facility and designing such activities
in a way so that they do not harm the environment.
7. Marketing the tourism
zone at home and abroad as a conservation programme and making
the project commercially viable.
8. To protect and conserve
the forests and other natural resources within the project area
through the community level stakeholders as well as creating
environmental awareness among tourists using facilities within
the area.
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