Model of Environmental Information Literacy Strengthening Strategy Based on Community Reading Parks: Study on Mangrove Ecotourism Areas in Pangandaran Regency West Java Province

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Background of the study: Tourism remains one of the key sectors for every country, including Indonesia. This is because tourism not only contributes to national foreign exchange earnings but also drives other productive sectors. One type of tourism currently being promoted is environmental tourism, commonly known as ecotourism. The specific type of ecotourism examined in this study is mangrove ecotourism.

Purpose: This research aims to develop a model for strengthening environmental literacy strategies based on community reading gardens. This process involves several stages, including analyzing the role of community reading gardens (TBM) in enhancing environmental literacy, identifying the needs and challenges of ecological literacy in society, and developing a strategy model to strengthen environmental information literacy.

Method: This study employs a mixed-methods approach with a sequential transformative design strategy. Data collection techniques include questionnaires, interviews, field observations, and document analysis.

Findings: The results of this research yield a model for enhancing environmental information literacy strategies through community reading gardens. The implementation of this strategy model is carried out in the ecotourism areas of Pangandaran Regency, including the Nusawiru mangrove ecotourism area, Babakan, and the Bojongsalawe ecotourism area, by establishing a “mangrove reading corner” in these three ecotourism locations.

Conclusion: Strengthening environmental information literacy through community reading parks or reading corners in mangrove ecotourism areas has a strategic role in increasing environmental awareness, supporting ecosystem conservation, and strengthening the educational value of ecotourism.