Nature-based tourism, environment and land management /

• Corporate Author: Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Series: Ecotourism book series ; no. 1.
• Subjects: Ecotourism > Congresses.; Ecotourism > Congresses. > Australia; Land use > Congresses.; Land use > Congresses. > Australia; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Land Resources.; Biological Resources (General); Conflict, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Conflict.; Economic impact.; Ecotourism.; Environmental impact.; Land management.; Land use.; Nature conservation.; Nature tourism.; Partnerships.; Social impact.; Sustainability.; Tourism impact.; Electronic books.
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• Item Description: A selection of papers presented at the Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, held in Canberra, Australia, 2001.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 213 pages) : illustrations, maps.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access: Access limited to subscribing institution.

This book looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism, and its effects on land managers. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts, between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies. The book includes 15 technical chapters drawn from the Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, held in Canberra, Australia in 2001, plus 3 introductory chapters and a concluding chapter. The book is indexed.