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ArticleGoing back to nature: Green Care as an emerging field for nature-based innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.The negative effects of the current societal and environmental challenges on human health and wellbeing are of growing concern. Nature and ecosystem-based approaches such as Green Care can offer a wide range of solutions to mitigate these negative effects. Green care is an emerging concept referring to the health and well-being benefits of activities carried out in contact with nature. By focusing on four thematic sectors – Forest-based care, Social agriculture, Urban green care, and Green care tourism – the Green4C multidisciplinary EC funded research portrays the complex picture of the solutions offered by social and nature-based innovation and entrepreneurship in the Green Care sector in Europe (www.greenforcare.eu). The research aims to a) understand the entrepreneurship needs of the stakeholders involved in the sector and b) assess success factors and challenges for innovation in Green Care. The research employs qualitative data collection methods, namely academic and grey literature review, an online questionnaire, and in-depth interviews with the innovative case studies and best practices operating in four thematic sectors. The results show that there is a clear trend of growing interest and participation in Green Care, strengthened in the current context of the global pandemic, yet the challenges in different countries indicate uneven entrepreneurship and innovation capacity. Gaps in policies, institutional and governance frameworks, quality assurance, and collaborative arrangements were identified as important challenges. The research concludes that the Green Care innovation and entrepreneurship that integrate sustainably managed green spaces with a focus on health and well-being can contribute to healthier and more resilient human societies and natural ecosystems. Recommendations for different stakeholder groups, including policy-makers, are detailed in the EU Blueprint on Green Care. Keywords: green care, health, well-being, innovation, entrepreneurship ID: 3486896 -
ArticleMaintainability of a local government-instituted ecotourism development: The Tayak adventure, nature, and wildlife park in Rizal, Laguna, Philippines
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Ecotourism is one key growth strategy of the Philippine Government. Expansion of ecotourism is often challenged by untapped natural resources and unique cultural/heritage assets. This situation is aggravated by the literary deficit where one important aspect has been often overlooked—the maintainability of small/medium-scale enterprises once in place at the local level. This paper explores and understands the sustainability of the TANAW de Rizal Park, an ecotourism enterprise of a fifth-class municipality. Based on a case study design, the paper delineates circumstances to fathom out local ecotourism development. First, leadership is top-down driven, but the bottom-up manner is more significant to ensure sustainability. Second, financial issue is complicated thus, the ideal is to continue the operation of government agencies and integrate commercial businesses. Third, the traditional Holy Week events are the town’s single-month focal point, thus extending supplementary activities on a regular and all-year-round basis can boost continued revenue. Fourth, the park is strategical if connected and/or associated with neighboring towns and nearby natural resources. Lastly, the park’s strengths are anchored on its unusual intermixing of assets, while its weaknesses are the risks of becoming a “white elephant project.” Keywords: local government, Rizal municipality, small/medium-scale ecotourism, sustainable ecotourism ID: 3486349 -
ArticleSustainability performance model through local community participation towards the development of sustainable community-based tourism on nature-based sites in Bicol region, Philippines
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Community-based tourism in the Philippines thrives on natural areas both protected and non-protected. In this regard, the participation of tourism stakeholders and their sustainability performance is essential to determine actions and programs to ensure environmental protection and the provision of long-term benefits. This study evaluated the extent of participation of the local tourism stakeholders in the identified community-based tourism (CBT) sites in Bicol Region, Philippines, and determine its influence on sustainability performance. The sustainability performance indicators were anchored from various international CBT indicators and employed the ASEAN Community-Based Tourism Standard as the baseline criteria. The participants of the study consist of the members of CBT organizations, the Local Government Unit, full-pledged municipal tourism officers, tourism officers-designate, barangay officials, private stakeholders, NGOs, and tourists. This study used a descriptive research method and utilized qualitative and quantitative analysis. Results showed that all factors of the extent of participation relate significantly to the overall sustainability performance but to a varying degree. The analysis of the extent of participation and sustainability performance showed significant differences among each community with moderate association to one another. The significant predictors for sustainability performance were political maturity, cultural richness, and environmental purity. Political maturity registered the highest effect on sustainability performance. It can be concluded that in the context of Bicol Region, government and political support determines success in tourism development alongside cultural and environmental dimensions of tourism sustainability. Therefore, it is recommended to adopt the Sustainability Performance Model for CBT sites in Bicol Region. Keywords: Community-Based Tourism; Sustainability Performance; Community Participation; Nature-Based ID: 3623835
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