Wildlife Tourism, Environmental Learning and Ethical Encounters Ecological and Conservation Aspects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Borges de Lima, Ismar (Editor), Green, Ronda J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism, Conservation and Management Series,
• Subjects: Environment.; Tourism.; Management.; Applied ecology.; Science education.; Nature conservation.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Tourism Management.; Nature Conservation.; Science Education.; Applied Ecology.

This book outlines the status quo of worldwide wildlife tourism and its impacts on planning, management, knowledge, awareness, behaviour and attitudes related to wildlife encounters. It sets out to fill the considerable gaps in our knowledge on wildlife tourism, applied ecology, and environmental ed...

Table of Contents:

• Wildlife tourism management and phenomena: a web of complex conceptual, theoretical and practical issues
• A political ecology of the yellow-eyed penguin in Southern New Zealand: a conceptual and theoretical approach
• The intersections between lacustrine wildlife, tourism and conservation: scientific and educational opportunities in the Brazilian southern lakes
• Wildlife Tourism for Visitors' Learning Experiences: Some Evidences on the Royal Bengal Tiger in Bangladesh and in India
• Whale and dolphin watching, and visitors' experiential responses: a qualitative study on comments in a travel forum.- Will the Ark sink? Captive Wildlife, Tourism and the Human Relationship to Nature: Demystifying Zoos
• Wildlife tourism, a multidisciplinary field of inquiries and insights: final considerations.