Community and Conservation-Based Ecotourism in Langkat, North Sumatra.

It should be noted that our mangrove ecotourism stands with the community, which has been known as local fighters who prefer mangroves to oil palm plantations. The establishment of this mangrove ecotourism was due to a joint initiative between the local community and SUMECO after a long dead end in maintaining the mangroves in their villages. According to Mongabay news and facts on the ground, several local residents have been imprisoned due to discrimination over their desire to maintain mangroves rather than oil palm plantations.

The idea of ​​ecotourism was formed because the final solution in preserving mangroves is only through ecotourism after a long process and the existing complexity. Ecotourism requires mangroves and animals that are preserved. Looking at Bukit Lawang, ecotourism has a very important role in preserving and maintaining the Gunung Leuser National Park area. In the future, mangrove ecotourism on the coast of Langkat will be planned as a destination after Bukit Lawang and as a place for boat tours in Sumatra, looking for wild crocodiles and dolphins in Sumatra, birdwatching / birding and herping in mangrove forests, within the title, from Leuser to Mangrove.