Main Description

Published on behalf of The Task Force on Tourism and Protected Areas of the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), this book serves as a comprehensive record of the tourism issues discussed at the World Parks Congress held in Durban, South Africa in 2003. The issues discussed reflect the past 10 years of global challenges and lessons learnt in protected area management, the place of tourism in this and the projected issues for the next decade.

Readership

Researchers in tourism and protected areas, practitioners, managers, NGOs and conservationists.

Main Contents

• Foreword, D Sheppard, WCPA
• Preface, Eugenio Yunis, WTO

• Tourism and Protected Areas: Benefits Beyond Boundaries, R Bushell, R Staiff, University of Western Sydney, Australia, and P Eagles
• Tourism as a Tool for Conservation and Support of Protected Areas: Setting the Agenda, R Bushell, and S F McCool, The University of Montana, USA
• Global Trends Affecting Tourism in Protected Areas, P F Eagles
• Key Principles and Directions for Tourism in Protected Areas: A Review of Existing Charters, Guidelines and
• Declarations, J Foxlee, Darwin, Australia

• Tourism, Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas in Developing Nations, L M Scherl, Arcadia, Australia and S Edwards, Recreation and Conservation International, Ecuador
• Joint Management: Aboriginal involvement in tourism in the Kakadu World Heritage Area, P Wellings, Darwin, Australia
• Tourism as a tool for community-based conservation and development, P Figgis, World Commission on Protected Areas, Australia, T Berno and R Bushell
• The World Heritage Tourism Programme: Lessons Learned, A Pederse, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, France
• Transfrontier Conservation Areas and Sustainable Nature-based Tourism, A Spenceley, Durban, South Africa Sustainable Nature Tourism in Europe: An Overview of NGOs, M Schelhaas, Plantage Middenlaan 2K, The Netherlands
• Capacity-Building for Ecotourism: Training Programmes for Managers of Protected Areas, W Strasdas, University of Applied Sciences, Eberswalde, Germany, B Corcoran, Howick, South Africa and T Petermann, InWEnt, Germany
• The Role of Certification and Accreditation in EnsuringTourism Contributes to Conservation, M Honey, The International Ecotourism Society, USA

• Tourism-based Revenue Generation for Conservation, A Drumm, The Nature Conservancy, USA
• Economic Impacts of Parks on Surrounding Communities: Findings from New South Wales, N Conner, NSW
• Department of Environment & Conservation, Australia Management Information Tools for Setting Visitor Fees, K Lindberg, Oregon State University, USA
• Conservation and Community Development:The Conservation Corporation Africa Model, L Carlisle, CC Africa, South Africa
• Sabi Sabi: A Model for Effective Ecotourism, Conservation and Community Involvement, R Loon, Hoedspruit, South Africa, I Harper, and P Shorten
• Financial Parks through Marketing: A Case Study of Ontario Parks, E Halpenny, Waterloo, Canada
• Concessions and Commercial Development: Experience in South African National Parks, P Fearnhead, Sunninghill, South Africa
• Tourism on the Great Barrier Reef: A Partnership Approach, A Skeat and H Skeat, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia

• Tourism, Protected Areas and the World Parks Congress: Fundamental Lessons, New Horizons and Promising Directions, S F McCool, P F J Eagles, R Bushell and J McNeely, Gland, Switzerland

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