Wildlife Tourism Policies

Question 1

Wildlife tourism occurs within a ___ and ___ setting. It reflects ___, ___ and ____ concerns.

Answer 1

• political and social
• cultural, economic and historic
• Defining policy
• Policy Landscape
• Policies for wildlife tourism
• Who makes WT policies
• Policy instruments

Question 2

What topics are discussed in this chapter?

Answer 2

• Defining policy
• Policy Landscape
• Policies for wildlife tourism
• Who makes WT policies
• Policy instruments

Question 3

Defining Policy:

• is it easy or hard to define?
• Its a course of ___ or ___ rather than a specific___.

Answer 3

• action or inaction
• decision
• **as society changes the policies will adapt

Question 4

Wildlife tourism policies ( statutory and non-statutory):

- What are some policy instruments?(5)

Answer 4

• regulations
• financial incentives
• taxes
• education
• plans
• **increasing education is a major policy tool! Society influences how policies are made.

Question 5

Explain statutory and non?

Answer 5

• non: guidelines

- statutory: regulations and rules

Question 6

Relationship between policies and plans is ?

Answer 6

confusing

Question 7

Relationship between policies and plans is confusing:

- Planning can be defined as?

Answer 7

• a very general human activity, based on the process of thinking and resultant actions
• *policies fit within plans
• **what is our long term goal?= plan…how=policy

Question 8

The Policy Landscape:
-Wildlife management is difficult/easy
L> Fugitive resource?
L> Common-pool resource?

Answer 8

• difficult
• migratory species ex…..constantly moving
• over use and lack of incentives…tragedy of the tourism commons….aka multiple resources are using it! (CPRs)
• • self centred individuals trying to utilize things for themselves and not caring about policies etc…

Question 9

The Policy Landscape:

- Management of?

Answer 9

• wildlife usually bounded with the policies of the protected area. Some have legislation for responsibility regardless of where it lives ( Canada, US)

Question 10

Policies for WT:
- Few or many policies exist?
L> Why?

Answer 10

• few
  L> relative newness, lack of recognition of the need and more globally pressing environmental and social concerns( poverty, starvation, disease etc)

Question 11

International and Supranational Policies:

- Most countries are signatories to ?

Answer 11

one or more international conventions

Question 12

International and Supranational Policies:

-Bring countries to prescribe behaviours. Example of hard and soft?

Answer 12

• Hard: CITIES., Convention on Biological Diversity
  L> countries have signed on…
• ## Soft: IUCN: only recommended guidelines etc…. International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Question 13

International and Supranational Policies:

- No conventions explicitly address what? What is the lead agency on sustainable tourism?

Answer 13

• tourism
  L> UNEP lead agency on sustainable tourism
  **soft form

Question 14

What does CITES stand for?

Answer 14

Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora!

Question 15

Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora:
- CITES works by subjecting what to what?

Answer 15

• it works by subjecting international trade in specimens of selected species to certain controls. All import, export, re-export and introduction from the sea of species covered by the convention has to be authorized through a licensing system.
• *protects animals from being exploited

Question 16

Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora:
- Each party to the convention must designate what?

Answer 16

• one or more Management Authorities in charge of administering that licensing system and one or more scientific authorities to advise them on the effects of trade on the status of the species.
• • if you bring