Crisis

Analysis
Presented by 邱氏玉慶 ITM3
藍元君 ITM3
包汮遴 ITM3
廖緗翎 ITM3
吳帕蒂 GPE4
01Introduction
04 Solutions

02
Background
05
Recommendation &
Emergency Plan

03The Impacts
06 Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
Komodo Island – Komodo National Park – Indonesia

• Over 10,000 arrivals per month vs.

only 130 personnels
• Nine men were arrested on suspicion
of selling more than 40 Komodo
dragons → Decision of one-year
closure
 Background
• Listed as World Heritage Site • Before 2020: US$10 of entry fee per
(1991) person
• Population: around 1700 • Starting from 2020: US$1000 of
• Natural habitat of the endangered membership fee per person
Komodo dragons
 Wildlife Crime: Smuggling
41 Komodo dragons and other endangered species on the island were stolen
and sale (in high demand as exotic pets and medical use).

Level: 4 E
Likelihood: High
 Impacts

Economic Impacts Environmental Impacts

• Impacts on tourism sector and its • Lack of food supply for the dragons
practitioners • Potential harms to human
• A lack of livelihood opportunities can communities
drive people to engage in illegal work • Impacts on herd development: young
dragons being eaten by adult dragons
 Solutions
● In early 2019: a temporary closure of the Komodo Island was considered

● In October 2019: closure plan cancelled, raise in the entry fee

Premium: US$1000 of membership fee for multiple visits per year

Non-premium: limited cruise trip around the island, visitors are not allowed
to land

The controversial plan gets concern from the central government and businesses
involved.
 Recommendations
• Increase the number of rangers
• Install more buoys
• Ban mooring on the buoys overnight.
• Increase permit fee.
• Install cameras in blindsided areas around the islands.
 Protocols for Emergency Plan

Step 1 Check the electronic tags

Step 2 Check the security camera footage

Step 3 Check their database

Contact appropriate authorities to file an

Step 4 investigation
Conclusion
 References
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/indonesia-komodo-island-dragons-closure/index.html
http://www.panorama-destination.com/dtn-news/indonesia-scraps-komodo-closure-plans/
https://www.tripsavvy.com/komodo-national-park-indonesia-1629403#:~:text=The%20park%20employs%2070%20ra
ngers,for%20up%20to%20ten%20years.
https://www.floreskomodoexpedition.com/travel-advice/komodo-national-park-fee
https://www.ut.ac.id/icde2011/optional-tours/komodo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/04/tourists-banned-from-home-of-komodo-dragon-as-smugglers-eye-dwi
ndling-numbers
(Tourism minister responding to the plan)
https://en.antaranews.com/news/122093/closure-of-komodo-island-feared-to-shake-tourism-industry
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/what-komodo-islands-new-dollar1000-visitor-fee-means-for-travelers
(Later announcement)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/indonesia-cancels-komodo-island-closure-saying-tourists-are-no-threa
t-to-dragons
(Detailed crime case)
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/indonesia-arrests-7-for-allegedly-selling-komodo-dragons-over-facebook/