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Zoning
Area management within
Komodo National Park is based on zoning. The zoning system of the Park (see table below) is in accordance with
decree number 74/Kpts/Dj-VI/1990 from the
Director General of PHPA and Law No. 5 of the year 1990
concerning the Conservation of Biological Resources and Their Ecosystems.
The zoning system
for the Park covers both terrestrial and marine habitats, where each of these
two habitats have their own set of regulations. The following zone types are to be
implemented in the Park:
Core
Zone (Zona Inti)
Wilderness
Zone with Limited Tourism (Zona
Rimba dengan Wisata Terbatas)
Tourism
Use Zone (Zona Pemanfaatan Wisata)
Traditional
Use Zone (Zona
Pemanfaatan Tradisional)
Pelagic
Use Zone (Zona Pemanfaatan
Pelagis)
Special
Research and Traimi Training Zone (Zona
khusus Penelitian
dan
Latihan)
Traditional
Settlement Zone (Zona Pemukiman
Tradisional)
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on the icon for a map of the zonation of Komodo National Park (50kB).
The Core
Zone, Wilderness Zone with Limited Tourism, Tourism Use Zone and Special Research and Training Zone are all no-take zones where all harvesting and/or mining of
live and dead natural resources is strictly prohibited. Harvesting of living
marine resources is only permitted in the Traditional Use Zone and in the Pelagic Use Zone of the Park. Tourism is strictly prohibited only in the Core
Zone of the Park. Special regulations and sub-zoning will be designed for
tourism in the Wilderness Zone with Limited Tourism. The free passage of ships
into and through the Park is only permitted in the Pelagic and Traditional Use
Zones. Special licenses are needed
for vessels aiming to enter the Wilderness Zone of the Park.
Summary of Zoning System for Komodo National Park.
| Zone |
Permissible
activities |
Prohibited
activities |
| All Zones |
monitoring, research
(with
permits), environmental restoration |
Anchoring except in designated areas, collecting
legally protected species, damaging marine or terrestrial habitat, keeping
dogs
or
cats
,
trash/waste disposal except where designated, harvesting fuel wood, the
use of cyanide
,
poisons, hookah
,
scuba, or explosives for
fishing in the Park |
| 1. Core Zone
(Zona
Inti) |
see All Zones |
all other activities prohibited |
| 2. Wilderness Zone
with
Limited Tourism (Zona Rimba dengan Wisata Terbatas) |
plus limited tourism with permits |
all other activities prohibited |
| 3. Tourism Use Zone
(Zona
Pemanfaatan Wisata) |
plus tourism with permits (temporary accommodations
allowed dependent on outcome of EIA
),
facilities development for Park management (dependent on outcome of EIA)
|
all other activities prohibited
|
| 4. Traditional Use
Zone
(Zona Pemanfaatan Tradisional) |
plus tourism (temporary accommodations), mariculture
,
captive breeding, fishing in designated sites using small-scale gear
subject to certain restrictions (all
subject to permits and dependent on outcome of EIA
) |
all other activities prohibited |
| 5. Pelagic Zone (Zona
Pelagis) |
plus recreational, sustenance,
and commercial pelagic
fishing
subject to restrictions on gear type, species harvested, and location (all
subject to permits and
dependent on outcome of an
EIA
) |
plus capture of demersal
species
is prohibited, capture of Nautilidae, Sepiidae, Octopodidae, and marine
invertebrates apart from Loliginidae is prohibited, all other activities
prohibited |
|
6. Special Research and Training Zone
(Zona
khusus Penelitian dan Latihan)
|
plus research
and
training (all subject to permits and dependent on outcome of EIA
) |
all other activities prohibited |
| 7. Traditional Settlement Zone
(Zona
Pemukiman Tradisional) |
plus rearing of domestic animals, harvesting sand or
limestone, the use of pesticides
within
the home, limited agriculture (no pesticides or fertilizer), limited fresh
water use, and other normal daily living activities |
plus immigration prohibited, all other activities
prohibited
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