The difference of expert opinion on the forest-based ecotourism development in developed countries and Iran

Motlagh, Elgar Yekani; Hajjarian, Marzieh; Zadeh, Omid Hossein; Alijanpour, Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104549

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“…Similarly, ecotourism development is often accompanied by the construction of new infrastructure to accommodate more tourists. This can put pressure on nature and local resources and induce erosion, damaging soil and plant qualities (Motlagh et al, 2020). Besides these negative ecological implications, ecotourism may also have long‐term negative social implications.…”

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Integrating biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation in the management of sacred forests: What values are important to the public?

Ihemezie,

Albaladejo‐García,

Stringer

et al. 2023

People and Nature

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The need to recognise plural values and integrate these into policy design has long been of interest in nature conservation. However, we also need to understand whether and how different values are prioritised among diverse stakeholders. This is particularly important when indigenous and traditional cultures play a role in how land is managed and protected. Working in the sacred forests of Nigeria, we applied the principles of biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation to understand the values that underpin people's relationship with nature and with other users of nature. We operationalised this by employing participatory workshop methods to identify multiple values of sacred forests, and conjoint analysis to elicit local people's value priorities and preferences for conserving sacred forests. We identified multiple values attributed to sacred forests, but the strongest preferences were for improved provision of medicinal values. However, preference heterogeneity analysis showed that sacred forests are valued differently among clusters of people with distinct sociodemographic profiles. Our findings also showed that the current management strategy for the conservation of sacred forests is inadequate to galvanise shared and collective responsibility from diverse stakeholders. Using a value‐based approach, more robust management strategies that will yield high utility to the public were determined and recommended for implementation. Policy implications. Overall, our study demonstrates that sacred forests are valued in multiple ways above and beyond their role in a cultural belief system. New strategies are therefore needed to effectively manage and conserve them. We recommend a plural approach to the conservation of sacred forests that will incorporate multiple values. This can be achieved by integrating biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Integrating biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation in the management of sacred forests: What values are important to the public?

Ihemezie,

Albaladejo‐García,

Stringer

et al. 2023

People and Nature

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“…Its J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f concept was first proposed by the World Conservation Union in 1983 and then redefined by the International Ecotourism Society as tourism activities with dual responsibilities of protecting the natural environment and maintaining the lives of local people (Li, 2011). Ecotourism is tourism with distinctive and characteristic environments as its main landscape (Chen, 2017;Motlagh et al, 2020). It mainly refers to the tourism mode of ecological education, ecological experience and ecological cognition, which takes sustainable development as its concept, ecological environment protection as its premise, and harmonious development of human and nature as its criterion, and relies on better natural ecological environment and unique human ecological system (Hagenlocher et al, 2018;Shi et al, 2019).…”

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The sustainability of ecotourism stakeholders in ecologically fragile areas: Implications for cleaner production

Wang

Feng

Zheng

et al. 2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Rural ecotourism is the main form of sustainable tourism [21,66]. Rural ecotourism takes the countryside as the backdrop and the distinctive characteristic environment as the main landscape [67]. It mainly refers to the tourism model of ecological education, ecological experience and ecological awareness based on the concept of sustainable development, ecological environmental protection, harmonious development of human and nature, and the goal of maintaining the coordinated economic, social and environmental development of rural areas, relying on a better natural ecological environment and unique human ecological system [27,68].…”

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The Regime of Rural Ecotourism Stakeholders in Poverty-Stricken Areas of China: Implications for Rural Revitalization

Sun

Xing

Cao

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The rural ecotourism system can be defined as a complex association of stakeholders. This system of rural ecotourism in relatively poor areas of China can influence rural revitalization strategies. The purpose of this study is to plan a rural ecotourism system among the tourism enterprises, local residents and government by using an evolutionary game theory. Based on the theoretical analysis, an evolution game model for the three stakeholders is developed and the evolution process of strategies is described by replicator dynamic equations. Then, a simulation method and case was used to analyze the stability of interactions among the stakeholders and determine an equilibrium solution in the finite rationality case. Finally, specific control strategies were proposed to suppress instability and an ideal evolutionarily stable strategy was obtained. This provides a theoretical basis for achieving a win-win situation among the three parties. The results of this study suggest appropriate roles for stakeholders in the rural ecotourism project that provide management implications for rural tourism activities, local economy and rural revitalization.

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The difference of expert opinion on the forest-based ecotourism development in developed countries and Iran

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

Integrating biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation in the management of sacred forests: What values are important to the public?

Integrating biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation in the management of sacred forests: What values are important to the public?

The sustainability of ecotourism stakeholders in ecologically fragile areas: Implications for cleaner production

The Regime of Rural Ecotourism Stakeholders in Poverty-Stricken Areas of China: Implications for Rural Revitalization

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