What Can Be Done to Maintain Balance Between the People and the Ecosystem?

• The WWF is “providing technical support to park authorities, including surveillance, ecotourism and natural resource management and by developing and coordinating environmental education programmes” (WWF) in order to conserve this vulnerable area. The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) and the Ivorian forest protection department (OIPR) have been promoting ecotourism in the Tai National Park to show locals the economic value in preserving this forest and its rare species (IPS). 
• Another important aspect to finding an effective solution is the promotion of economic development and job creation in areas not relying on the forest so people won’t need to destruct it.
• Educating the locals on biodiversity and the importance of maintaining the nature around them is key to protecting this area, especially at the youth level. It should be seen as a source of pride for the people in the area and not just seen as a source of wealth.

    Forest Guards from the Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Reserves (OIPR) help protect the forest from poachers

                         Forest Guards From The OIPR. 2015. Image. Accessed November 17. https://www.globalgiving.org/donate/15572/wild-chimpanzee-foundation/photos/?page=5.

Kids in the Club P.A.N. education program 

Club P.A.N.. 2010. Image. http://dnapes.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html.

Sources:

Ipsnews.net,. 2015. 'Saving West Africa’S Last Intact Tropical Rainforest Through Tourism | Inter Press Service'. http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/05/ivorians-learn-save-one-last-intact-tropical-rainforests-west-africa-exploiting-tourism/.

Wwf.panda.org,. 2015. 'Projects - Latest Listing Of New Or Updated WWF Projects'.

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/project/projects/index.cfm?uProjectID=CI0004.