Sub-Project MC 9.3 Komodo

Project Leader: Annette Hornbacher

This sub-project investigated the changing human-environment concepts and relationship on the island of Komodo with special regard to the giant lizards, which are unique for this region and the ultimate reason for the national and international interest in Komodo as an ecologically protected area. Local ideas about the relation of land and water, particularly in relation to the giant lizards as mythological twins of the people of Komodo, have been examined against the rise of a modern paradigm of environmental protection and eco-tourism that is promoted by international and national actors like UNESCO, NGOs and the Indonesian government.