Ecotourism Saves Karst Resources
If people had never opposed the government’s plan to license mining projects in the karst hill zone of Rammang Rammang, we might not have been able to enjoy the beauty of karst and its life-giving water resources today.
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An aerial view of the karst mountain range around the village of Berua, Rammang-Rammang, Maros, South Sulawesi, on Wednesday (19/6/2019). The karst landscape is included in the Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park area. In addition to rich biodiversity, the karst area here also holds traces of prehistoric life.
If people had never opposed the government’s plan to license mining projects in the karst hill zone of Rammang Rammang, we might not have been able to enjoy the beauty of karst and its life-giving water resources today. The fruit of opposition in Salenrang village, Maros regency, South Sulawesi, can be enjoyed by all residents now managing and safeguarding the zone.
Daeng Beta, 64, and his wife Maryana, 64, received a small group of guests at their their stilted house in Berua village in early June. Not long after sitting on the terrace of the house, they were served coffee, rice, vegetable soup, fried fish, omelet and chili sauce.