What is ecotourism? Normally, natural travel can be called as ecotourism. Eco came from the Greek words called ‘OIKOS’, it means the habitat and it is an abbreviation of the words ‘ecology’. This word actually came from the scientific study of the relationship of living organisms to each other and their surroundings. Therefore, in this point of view, ecotourism means ecological tourism; whereby ecological has both of the social content and environmental. According to Page & Dowling (2002), since
Introduction: Ecotourism has become popular in recent years. According to the chapter 1&2, about the ecotourism and development, the main questions are how to develop a planning process which will involve local people and how to include an appreciation of ecotourism market and what people want. Except my main text book, once I have read a further reading named ‘Distribution of Economic Benefits from Ecotourism: A Case Study of Wolong Nature Reserve for Giant Pandas in China’, So this paper is
3.0 Roles of ecotourism in Kenya Ecotourism plays an important role to create awareness in natural and cultural conservation in order to be maintained to the next generation. However, organization of campaigns can create local conservation inside and outside of the parks. 3.1 Create awareness in natural and cultural conservation There are 31 national parks or reserves in Kenya. The parks are managed by a national organisation called Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWF). They are administered by the local
energy, land (b) benefit the local communities. The term ecotourism was coined in 1983 by a Mexican environmentalist named Hector Ceballos Lascurain, and was initially used to describe nature based travel. In layman terms, Ecotourism is a form of tourism which is more oriented towards nature, learning and experiencing about the locale- its flora, fauna, landscape, as well as the culture of the people living in those areas. Experts have been divided over the potential of ecotourism to help achieve
Eco tourism Background Ecotourism Eco-Tourism has been increasing at a rate of 20%-30% PA since 1990 to 2006 (International Eco-Tourism Society). The Definition of Ecotourism Eco-tourism is defined as “responsible travel to natural area that conserves the environment and improve the well-being of local people” (TIES,1990) Conservation Offering market-linked long-term solutions, ecotourism provides effective economic incentives for conserving and enhancing bio-cultural diversity and helps protect
All over the world, deforestation is happening at an alarming rate, causing many harmful effects on the local environments it occurs in. The island nation of Madagascar has a major problem with deforestation. There are three significant factors in the current deforestation in Madagascar, slash and burn agriculture, commercial logging, and charcoal production. The slash and burn farming method is the main strategy for rice production in Madagascar. Rice farming is one of the main economic income
In order to explain how evolution generates biodiversity through the process of natural selection and speciation, we must first understand and define those terms. Oxford dictionaries define natural selection as "the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring." Speciation is "the process in which new genetically distinct species evolve usually as a result of genetic isolation from the main population." (Speciation, 2008) Biodiversity is
1. Introduction Marine conservation have become an increasing global priority with Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) being widely promoted to protect and restore fisheries and to conserve biodiversity and cultural heritage. MPAs have long been acknowledged as an important tool for protecting and ensuring maintainance of functional marine resources. Surrounding large areas of coastlines with great biodiversity, MPA’s development has direct bearing and concerns to livelihoods, culture and survival of
and specialists earned about $67,460 per year as of 2015. They also estimate that employment in this occupation will grow by 11 percent until 2024 due to the increased demands that population growth places on the environment. What Are The Other Benefits To Studying Environmental Management? Environmental management is one of the few career paths where you can not only earn a good income, but help the environment as well. This makes it a very fulfilling area to work in, especially if you are really
pricing, and resurgence of cruising, backpackers, adventure travellers and ecotourism, dark tourism and medical tourism; and the rise of terrorism and ensuing security measures and so on (Pike & Page, 2014: