期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2018
卷号：20
期号：1
页码：1-16
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of sustainable tourism on livelihoods of the implementing community members.
The specific focus is the conservation option of zero land degradation approach of the Wechiau Community Hippopotamus
Sanctuary (WCHS) that has conserved the gallery forest along the Black Volta River over the past 16 years. The study methods
involve collection and analysis of primary and secondary data, with regards to number of visitors and the study area’s satellite
images of 1986, 2000 and 2016 respectively. Results indicate provision of school infrastructure, scholarships, solar lamps for
600 households and 13 boreholes. The rest include rise in tourism income, supply of variety of seeds for cropping and
realization of good production. Farming livelihood is inadequate; so farmers add petty trading, brewing and processing of
organic shea butter. In conclusion, tourism is not always destructive to the natural environment. In this case, tourism remedies
land degradation.
关键词：Sustainable Tourism; Land Degradation; Gallery Forest; Hippopotamus; Volta River; Conservation
