Rainforest Tourism, Conservation and Management (eBook, ePUB)

Challenges for Sustainable Development
Redaktion: Prideaux, Bruce

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136201080
• Artikelnr.: 41689848

Autorenporträt

Bruce Prideaux

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Tourism in Rain Forest Regions 1. Factors Governing the Development
of Tourism in Rainforest Regions Bruce Prideaux 2. Tropical Rainforest
Ecology: Implications for Tourism Development Bruce Prideaux 3. National
Parks, Rainforests and Tourism in Australia: An Historical Perspective
Warwick Frost Part 2: Threats to Rainforest Tourism 4. Climate Change
Impacts and Response Strategies for Rainforest Tourism: Cairns Case Study
Robyn F. Wilson 5. Climate Change and Rainforest Tourism in Australia
Stephen M. Turton 6. Trees, Tourists and Trade-offs: The Political Ecology
of Rainforest Tourism, Forest Clearance and Biodiversity Conservation in
Madagascar Ivan R. Scales Part 3: The Development and Management of
Rainforest Experiences 7. The Lamington National Park: A Contrasts Approach
to Rainforest Tourism Research Noel Scott, Don Getz, Steve Noakes and Eric
Laws 8. Visitor Motivations, Expectations and Satisfaction in a Rainforest
Context: Implications for Tourism Management Jennifer L. Hill and Georgina
Gough 9. Ecotourism: A New Challenge for Protected Rainforest Areas in
Chile Mirko Vera Campos, Noel Scott and Noreen Breakey 10. Enabling
Ecotourism: Principles, Challenges and Achievements from Tambopata, Peru
Jennifer Hill, Ross Hill, Nicolette de Sausmarez 11. Developing Backpacker
Tourism in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Adding Value to the Forest
Cristina Rodrigues and Bruce Prideaux 12. The Use of Mayan Rainforests for
Ecotourism Development: An Empowerment Approach for Local Communities
Adrian Mendoza-Ramos and Bruce Prideaux 13. Opportunities for Developing
Tourism in Cockpit County, Jamaica Novadene Miller 14. Community Based
Ecotourism: Opportunities and Difficulties for Local Communities and Link
to Conservation Hana Sakata and Bruce Prideaux 15. Rainforests and Rural
Village Ecotourism Venture in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study Grace Guaigu
16. Indigenous Peoples and Rainforest Tourism: Canopy Walkways as Tourist
Attractions Heather Zeppel Part 4: Wildlife and Rainforest Tourism 17.
Rainforest Wildlife: A Key Element in Sabah's Destination Appeal Fiffy
Hanisdah Saikim and Bruce Prideaux 18. Implications of Invasive Alien
Species for Rainforest Tourism: A Case Study on Feral Pigs in Australia's
Wet Tropics World Heritage Area Kana Koichi 19. Rainforest Primate Tourism
in Uganda: Successes, Challenges and the Future Dan Musinguzi, Eddy K.
Tukamushaba, Celestine Katongole and Joseph Obua 20. The Complexities of
Community Based Tourism: how External Forces Influence the Sustainability
of Bird Watching Tourism in the Remote Arfak Mountains of West Papua Sharon
Harwood and Richard Noske 21. Findings and Research Issues Bruce Prideaux