Forest Tourism and Recreation : Case Studies in Environmental Management

by Xavier Font; John Tribe

• ISBN13: 9780851994147
• ISBN10: 0851994148
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-20
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

Tourism and recreation are set to play an increasing role in the future of forests and woodlands. The increasing demand for outdoor recreation and tourism can be partly catered for in woodlands, since these can be used to screen otherwise conflicitng uses and absorb large numbers of visitors. These recreational uses also drive up the use-value of forests that are visited. At the same time outdoor recreation has the potential to bring extra income to forest owners. This can help offset the extra costs of sustainable timber production and forest conservation. But the use of forests for tourism brings added environmental pressures and requires management responses to ensure the sustainability of this relationship. This book addresses 16 international examples of case studies and concepts and looks at the problems, benefits and ideas relating to tourism and recreation within the context of a forest environment.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Acknowledgements	xiii
Recreation, Conservation and Timber Production: a Sustainable Relationship?	1	(22)
Xavier Font
John Tribe
Part I. Issues and Problems
The Survival of a Forest Fragment: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore	23	(18)
Joan C. Henderson
Competing Interests on a Former Military Training Area: a Case from Estonia	41	(14)
Mart Reimann
Hannes Palang
Hypotheses about Recreational Congestion: Tests in the Forest of Dean (England) and Wider Management Implications	55	(20)
Colin Price
T.W. Mark Chambers
Balancing Tourism and Wilderness Qualities in New Zealand's Native Forests	75	(18)
Geoffrey Kearsley
A Review of Ecology and Camping Requirements in the Ancient Woodlands of the New Forest, England	93	(10)
David Johnson
Angela Clark
Ecotourism on the Edge: the Case of Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica	103	(24)
Claudio Minca
Marco Linda
Ecotourism in Tropical Rainforests: an Environmental Management Option for Threatened Resources?	127	(16)
Simon Evans
Wilderness Management in the Forests of New Zealand: Historical Development and Contemporary Issues in Environmental Management	143	(18)
C. Michael Hall
James Higham
From Wasteland to Woodland to `Little Switzerland': Environmental and Recreational Management in Place, Culture and Time	161	(22)
Paul Cloke
Owain Jones
Part II. Strategies and Solutions
Forest Tourism: Putting Policy into Practice in the Forestry Commission	183	(18)
Richard Broadhurst
Paddy Harrop
Recreation, Forestry and Environmental Management: The Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve, Ontario, Canada	201	(16)
L. Anders Sandberg
Christopher Midgley
Writing an Environmental Plan for the Community Forest of Mercia, England	217	(8)
Graham Hunt
Forest Tourism and Recreation in Nepal	225	(24)
Trevor H.B. Sofield
Planning for the Compatibility of Recreation and Forestry: Recent Developments in Woodland Management Planning within the National Trust	249	(10)
David Russell
Beyond Carrying Capacity: Introducing a Model to Monitor and Manage Visitor Activity in Forests	259	(20)
Simon McArthur
Implementing Environmental Management Systems in Forest Tourism: the Case of Center Parcs	279	(10)
Barry Collins
Index	289