In pursuit of ecotourism

Goodwin, Harold

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“…Because they emphasize conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, protected areas like Morne Trois Pitons National Park are prime locations for ecotourism, which largely depends on a quality natural environment. According to Goodwin (1996), ecotourism can benefit protected areas in three ways: by generating money to manage and protect natural habitats and species, by enabling local people to gain economically, and by offering a means by which people's awareness of the importance of conservation can be raised. This contribution can therefore be direct (by generating income that will be specifically allocated to conservation activities) or indirect (by offering communities an alternative).…”

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“…It is in this context that ecotourism is presented as a panacea for reconciling economic development, environmental protection and the collective welfare of communities (Honey, 2008;WTO and UNEP, 2002;Goodwin, 1996). Ecotourism is a complex phenomenon dependent on quality natural resources and influenced in particular by developments in the tourism industry across various scales (Jamal and Stronza, 2009).…”

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“…Often previously used by local communities for decades, their sudden appearance and the ensuing new rules combine to modify local and regional dynamics, sometimes drastically (Borrini-Feyerabend et al, 2004a). As a result, even though protected areas can contribute in some cases to both biodiversity conservation and improved living conditions in certain communities, they are very often the cause of increased poverty levels, particularly if rural communities are forbidden to carry out some of the traditional or non-traditional activities on which their collective welfare depends (CBD, 2008; Scherl et al, 2004).It is in this context that ecotourism is presented as a panacea for reconciling economic development, environmental protection and the collective welfare of communities (Honey, 2008; WTO and UNEP, 2002;Goodwin, 1996). Ecotourism is a complex phenomenon dependent on quality natural resources and influenced in particular by developments in the tourism industry across various scales (Jamal and Stronza, 2009).…”

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Ecotourism and Natural Resources in Dominica

Sarrasin

Tardif

2016

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Sarrasin, B. & Tardif, J. (2012). Ecotourism and Natural Resources in Dominica : Co-management as an Innovative Practice. Téoros, , 85-90. doi:10.7202/1036568ar Résumé de l'article Tourism is one of the major outcomes of globalization, which also brings new challenges to local authorities. In this perspective, co-management could be analyzed as an innovative practice in promoting natural resources-oriented tourism. Moreover, it raises the following question: how does power sharing -on which co-management is basedcontribute to local development? This question could be answered through a case study using political ecology which could contribute to renew the reading of ecotourism through an innovative analytical framework. Protected areas are a major component of the biodiversity conservation strategy of most countries. Far from being neutral, their creation, which is a highly political issue, is generally accompanied by economic, social and environmental changes (Brechin et al., 2007;West et al., 2006). Often previously used by local communities for decades, their sudden appearance and the ensuing new rules combine to modify local and regional dynamics, sometimes drastically (Borrini-Feyerabend et al., 2004a). As a result, even though protected areas can contribute in some cases to both biodiversity conservation and improved living conditions in certain communities, they are very often the cause of increased poverty levels, particularly if rural communities are forbidden to carry out some of the traditional or non-traditional activities on which their collective welfare depends (CBD, 2008; Scherl et al., 2004).It is in this context that ecotourism is presented as a panacea for reconciling economic development, environmental protection and the collective welfare of communities (Honey, 2008; WTO and UNEP, 2002;Goodwin, 1996). Ecotourism is a complex phenomenon dependent on quality natural resources and influenced in particular by developments in the tourism industry across various scales (Jamal and Stronza, 2009). For Hawkins and Mann (2007: 352-353), recognition that tourism development is a multisectoral and multidimensional process is the most important lesson to be drawn from the literature of the past 25 years. This context led Twining-Ward (2004, 2005) to suggest that the analysis of tourism activities would stand to gain if conducted from the perspective of socio-ecological systems -where human beings and ecosystems form an integrated system -so as to reflect all the complexity of the issues in this sector. This is particularly important when the destination is environmentally sensitive, as is often the case for ecotourism projects implemented in protected areas of countries in the South (Honey, 2008). How can political ecology, which is devoted to interactions between society and the environment, be innovative in renewing the analysis of natural resource management challenges, more specifically in a context of ecotourism development?The main goal of this article is to identify certain innovative resour...

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“…Fennel, 2001;Goodwin, 1996;West and Carrier, 2004). Actually, as Cunningham, Huijbens and Wearing (2012, p. 153) note, " [a]ligning whale-watching with ecotourism is the most common rhetoric employed to promote the practice as a sustainable one", although "precisely how remains contested".…”

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How ecotourism works at the community-level: the case of whale-watching in the Azores

Silva

2013

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Whale-watching is one of the fastest growing tourism industries worldwide, often viewed as a sustainable, non-consumptive strategy for the benefits of cetacean conservation and the coastal communities, alternative to and incompatible with whaling. Yet there is paucity of research on how things actually work out at the community-level. Drawing on research literature and my own ethnographic fieldwork, this article bridges a knowledge gap in this field while examining an Azorean context where tourism has brought a re-commodification of the whale for the community (observing wildlife as opposed to harpooning it) in the last 20 years. The analysis is focused on the four main community-level implications: governance of common maritime resources, and tourism's contribution to economic sustainability, cultural identity and social relations. It is shown that whale-watching, as any other form of community-based ecotourism, is not a panacea that always promotes biodiversity conservation and economic and sociocultural sustainability for the host communities. Moreover, expanding on the theorisation of emerging institutional fields by Lawrence and Phillips, the political, historical, economic and sociocultural context of the community involved is a key factor for understanding local agency and the local specific features of new fields.

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“…For example, according to their website, Terra Incognita donates money from the Red Ape Encounter tour package to the EcoHealth Alliance Borneo Project, but the amount of these proceeds is not stated (Terra Incognita Ecotours 2017). Typically, most of the money gained from ecotourism ventures goes to larger corporations-such as airlines, hotels, and businesses selling tour packages (Bandy 1996;Goodwin 1996;Lindberg 1998;Russon and Susilo 2014).…”

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Is ecotourism an outdated solution to orangutan conservation in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo?

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In pursuit of ecotourism

Cited by 295 publications

References 18 publications

Ecotourism and Natural Resources in Dominica

Ecotourism and Natural Resources in Dominica

How ecotourism works at the community-level: the case of whale-watching in the Azores

Is ecotourism an outdated solution to orangutan conservation in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo?

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