Tourism can benefit wetland conservation

Posted in LORTON SCRIBBLINGS, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism and Protected Areas, Tourism and communities Many wetlands are prime locations for tourism. Consequently, tourism has contributed, and continues to contribute, to a growing awareness of the value of nature in general and wetlands in particular. In this way tourism can create public support for the conservation of wetlands. The development of tourism can also be a way to make wetlands economically viable, and can provide employment and...
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Tourism and wetland conservation: not all positive

Posted in LORTON SCRIBBLINGS, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Planning, Tourism and communities, Tourism and the Environment Wetlands fulfil a variety of ecological functions in the life cycles of numerous plants and animals, usually on a local scale, but often on a regional or even global scale. For example, wetlands may function as a summer range, migration stopover, wintering area and/or breeding site for migratory waterbirds such as geese, terns and waders. The birds’ migration routes may cover thousands of...
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