Ch. 11 Discussion Questions Tourism Good or Bad for Conservation of Wildlife?

1. Describe the major ways that tourism supports wildlife conservation. Then identify the major ways in which tourism can harm wildlife conservation. Overall, do you believe that tourism is good or bad for wildlife conservation?
2. Review the publication below by Roe et al. as well as others that you are able to access concerning ecotourism and discuss methods that have been used to reduce the harmful effects of tourism on wildlife conservation.

Roe, Dilys, Leader-Williams, Nigel, Dalal-Clayton, Barry. Take only photographs, leave only footprints: The environmental impacts of wildlife tourism [Internet]. London: EnvironmentalPlanning Group International Institute for Environment and Development; 1997 Oct[cited 2014 Apr 3]. (IIED Wildlife and Development Series). Report No.: 10.
http://biblioteca.duoc.cl/bdigital/Documentos_Digitales/300/39709.pdf
 
      3. Discuss how the economic impacts of nature tourism are calculated after reviewing the publication below:U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Executive summary: Banking on nature 2011: The economic benefits of national wildlife refuge visitation to local communities [Internet]. 2013 www.fws.gov/alligatorriver/images/2013BankingonNature.pdf
 
     4. Critics of ecotourism such as Rosalyn Duffy (in her book A Trip Too Far: Ecotourism, Politics, & Exploitation) have stated that ecotourism is "firmly locked into notions of ‘green capitalism’, and thus it cannot provide radical sustainable development, contrary to its supporters’ claims” and that it focuses on profit rather than conservation."  Overall, do you agree or disagree? Discuss.