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1
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Wildlife tourism occurs within a ___ and ___ setting. It reflects ___, ___ and ____ concerns.

A
  • political and social
  • cultural, economic and historic
  • Defining policy
  • Policy Landscape
  • Policies for wildlife tourism
  • Who makes WT policies
  • Policy instruments
2
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What topics are discussed in this chapter?

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  • Defining policy
  • Policy Landscape
  • Policies for wildlife tourism
  • Who makes WT policies
  • Policy instruments
3
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Defining Policy:

  • is it easy or hard to define?
  • Its a course of ___ or ___ rather than a specific___.
A
  • action or inaction
  • decision
  • **as society changes the policies will adapt
4
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Wildlife tourism policies ( statutory and non-statutory):

- What are some policy instruments?(5)

A
  • regulations
  • financial incentives
  • taxes
  • education
  • plans
  • **increasing education is a major policy tool! Society influences how policies are made.
5
Q

Explain statutory and non?

A
  • non: guidelines

- statutory: regulations and rules

6
Q

Relationship between policies and plans is ?

A

confusing

7
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Relationship between policies and plans is confusing:

- Planning can be defined as?

A
  • 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
8
Q

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

A
  • 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…
9
Q

The Policy Landscape:

- Management of?

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  • wildlife usually bounded with the policies of the protected area. Some have legislation for responsibility regardless of where it lives ( Canada, US)
10
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Policies for WT:
- Few or many policies exist?
L> Why?

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  • few
    L> relative newness, lack of recognition of the need and more globally pressing environmental and social concerns( poverty, starvation, disease etc)
11
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International and Supranational Policies:

- Most countries are signatories to ?

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one or more international conventions

12
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International and Supranational Policies:

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

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  • Hard: CITIES., Convention on Biological Diversity
    L> countries have signed on…
  • ## Soft: IUCN: only recommended guidelines etc…. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
13
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International and Supranational Policies:

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

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  • tourism
    L> UNEP lead agency on sustainable tourism
    **soft form
14
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What does CITES stand for?

A

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

15
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Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora:
- CITES works by subjecting what to what?

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  • 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
16
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Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora:
- Each party to the convention must designate what?

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  • 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