Tourism based on natural environments is a huge international industry and this industry needs access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. In turn, land managers need money to maintain their land and its natural resources. This book looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts,between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies. Born from the Fenner conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, held in Canberra, Australia, 2001, the book includes selected proceedings which have been refereed and substantially revised.
Researchers and students in ecotourism, tourism, sustainable development and park managers plus protected area managers and tourism agencies.
The practice and politics of tourism and land management,R Buckley
Nature-based tourism and sustainability: issues and approaches in nature tourism, C Pickering and D Weaver
Sustainable tourism: world trends and challenges ahead, E Yunis, Sustainable Development of Tourism, World Organization, Capitan Haya 41,28020 Madrid, Spain
Private reserves: the Conservation Corporation Africa model, L Carlisle, Conservation Corporation Africa, PO Box 966, White River, 1240 South Africa
Applying public purpose marketing in the US to protect relationships with public land, A Watson, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Montana, USA and W Borrie, University of Montana, USA
The financial liability of parks managers for visitor injuries, J McDonald, Griffith University, Australia
Visitor fees, tour permits, and asset and risk management by parks agencies: Australian case study, R Buckley et al
The net economic benefits of recreation and timber production in selected new south wales native forests, J Ward, Griffith University, Australia
Moving nearer to heaven: growth & change in the Greater Yellowstone Region, USA, J Johnson et al, Montana State University, USA
Visitor impact data in a land management context, R Buckley and N King, Griffith University, Australia
Small recreational and tourist vessels in inshore coastal areas: a characterisation of types of impacts, J Warnken and T Byrnes, Griffith University, Australia
Establishing best practice environmental management: lessons from the Australian tour boat industry, T Byrnes and J Warnken
Impacts of nature tourism on the Mt Kosciuszko Alpine Area, Australia, C Pickering et al
Ecological change as a result of winter tourism: snow manipulation in the Australian Alps, C Pickering and W Hill, Griffith University, Australia
A method to calculate environmental sensitivity to walker trampling in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, J Whinam et al, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmania, Australia
Modelling potential for nature-based tourism, C Arrowsmith, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia
Contributions of non-consumptive wildlife tourism to conservation, K Higginbottom et al, Griffith University, Australia
Balancing conservation and visitation in protected areas, R Bushell, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Conclusions, R Buckley