A memorandum of understanding of ecotourism development in Kapuas Hulu District has been signed by several institutions. Among some covered ecosystems, Lake Sentarum as a very unique ecosystem is the prime destination included in the tourism plan. This paper is aimed to review and identify the lake\'s potential ecosystem services (i.e. biodiversity, water supply) as well as social and institutional profiles of the surrounding areas which are the main elements of the tourism plan. Moreover, a useful information that can be easily read by the decision makers about the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is also presented in the paper. The information was obtained by reviewing all possibly accessed papers and then they were analyzed by using a strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT) analysis. The results of the analysis show that the biodiversity and unique ecohydrological process are the main strength of the area. At the same time, limited access and insfrastucture is identified as the main weakness. The main identified opportunity is the fast growth of ecotourism in global scale. Whilst the identified main treats are both deforestation and land use changing. Eventually, it is concluded that even though Lake Sentarum is significantly potential for ecotourism development, structural and institutional improvement is imperative to be conducted to support the tourism plan.
Lake Ecosystem Health and Its Resilience: Diversity and Risks of Extinction PROCEEDINGS of the 16th World Lake Conference. 2017. 626 pp.
(2017)