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This study was carried out on the threats of biodiversity conservation and ecotourism activities in Nechsar National Park (NSNP), Arba Minch, Ethiopia. Data was collected from protection staffs and local communities found in and around the boundary of the national park. Open ended and close ended questionnaires, focused group discussion and field observation were used to collect all the necessary information. Protection staffs interview revealed that illegal fishing (100%), fuel wood collection (100%) and charcoal production (92.0%) were among the major problems of biodiversity in the study area. On the other hand, the data obtained from the villagers showed that 58.5 and 37.8% of them were involved in fuel wood collection and livestock grazing, respectively. Poor salary (96.0%), inadequate staffing (88.0%), lack of equipment (96.0%) and poor infrastructure (96.0%) were also among the major management problems that hinder the motivation of the park management staffs. Based on our research results, we could say that there is a rapid growing ecotourism activity in the study area. However, the long term effects of human threats to biodiversity had resulted and can have negative implications on the ecotourism activities and biodiversity of the study areas in the future.   Key words: Biodiversity threats, conservation, ecotourism, Nechsar national park.

Threats of biodiversity conservation and ecotourism activities in Nechsar National Park, Ethiopia