Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Gender Equality and Ecological Justice, GE2J 2019, 10-11 July 2019, Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Ecofeminism: Bringing Butterfly Conservation into Ecotourism

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.10-7-2019.2298889,
        author={Gita Paramita Djausal and Alia  Larasati},
        title={Ecofeminism: Bringing Butterfly Conservation into Ecotourism},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Gender Equality and Ecological Justice, GE2J 2019, 10-11 July 2019, Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={GE2J},
        year={2020},
        month={8},
        keywords={ecofeminism ecotourism butterfly conservation},
        doi={10.4108/eai.10-7-2019.2298889}
    }
    
  • Gita Paramita Djausal
    Alia Larasati
    Year: 2020
    Ecofeminism: Bringing Butterfly Conservation into Ecotourism
    GE2J
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.10-7-2019.2298889
Gita Paramita Djausal1,*, Alia Larasati2
  • 1: Universitas Lampung
  • 2: Yayasan Sahabat Alam
*Contact email: gita.djausal@fisip.unila.ac.id

Abstract

Ecofeminism, as perspective that supporting the ecology’s issues, stressing on involvement of women. In Indonesia, women are the symbol of mother nature, related to the source of life. In ecology perspective, conservation become relevant. Butterfly existence able to become indicator for habitat diversity. Herawati Soekardi in a position to lead Yayasan Sahabat Alam, consistently works for about 20 years. Her work on butterfly conservation has been able to show skills that are needed by the leaders of environmental. Ecotourism become the supporting activities for the conservation’s itself. Transfer of knowledge on importance of butterfly preservation is the crucial aspect to engage experiences on tourism.