Camera Trapping on NEPL NP trekking tours
WCS/NEPL NP
Monitoring and Adaptive Management
Wildlife scratches along the NEPL NP trekking tour
WCS/NEPL NP
Sambar Deer spotted by the local guide on the Nam Nern Night Safari wildife tour in NEPL NP.
WCS/NEPL NP
Regular monitoring of the NEPL NP’s ecotourism program is essential to ensure the conservation objectives as well as continuous visitor satisfaction and therefore the overall project sustainability. The NEPL NP ecotourism program monitors the following information:
- Wildlife monitoring is adapted to the ecotourism area and incorporates all or some of the following techniques: Camera trapping, GPS recorded all direct/indirect observations, Species recording of direct observations.
- Financial data is entered in the system for every tour and is analysed on monthly and annual basis
- Visitor Feedback data is collected from all visitors after every tour and allows to identify and improve tour services at the best delay as well as offers an opportunity to consider new ideas and further improvement needs.
- Visitor Arrival and Profile is collected from all visitors on every tour and allows to identify the visitor trends and profile and therefore better understand and communicate to the market, as well as identify new opportunities.
- Data collection forms
- Wildlife Monitoring systems (direct observations, camera trapping, etc)
- SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool)
- The data collection systems must be simple to use and straight forward,
- The collected ecotourism data can be useful for the National Park management, especially the wildlife data and law enforcement observations.