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Mangrove & Corel Reef Ecotours
As
an
Independent
Sri
Lankan
non-governmental
organization (NGO)
TCP
aims at
assisting
government
departments
academic
institutions
and
other
NGO's
in
devising
and
facilitating
the
implementation
of
sustainable
marine
turtle
conservation
strategies.
TCP intends to achieve this via education
research
and local participation towards communities who are close to important
marine
turtle habitats.
TCP’s
(Turtle Conservation
Project)
definition on Community based Eco-tourism is to be profitable to people
in the village in the purpose of increasing their livelihood while
sustainable managing marine and coastal resources. The target groups of
the Action include both civil society organizations such as,
fisherman’s cooperative societies, farmer’s organizations, women’s
savings and credit groups, Muslim, Christian, Hindu and Buddhist
religious groups, environmental youth groups and the private sector(
local and national hotel owners and local business associations).
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