by:
Kreg Lindberg
Brian Furze
Marilyn Staff
Rosemary Black
With Contributions By (alphabetically):
Keith Sproule, Ary Suhandi, Jenny Wong, Jerry Wylie
Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
October 1997
WORKING PAPER SERIES
Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/24
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The Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study is being undertaken under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission. This report comes under Workplan Number E26.7. |
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The preparation of this working paper has been funded by the Asia-Pacific Program, part of the International Forestry activities of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service. The contents of this document are, however, the responsibility of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the USDA or any of its officials. |
INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY
2. SERVICES PROVIDED BY FORESTS
Ecological services
Economic services
Sociocultural services
Scenic and landscape services and values
The relative importance of the various services2.2 Relationship Between Services of Forests and Forest Production
2.3 Institutional and Policy Environment
2.4 Issues In Maintenance of Services of Forests
2.5 Summary of Issues Related to Services Provided by Forests
3.1 Ecotourism, Definitions, Concepts and Visitor Types
3.2 Actors in the Ecotourism "System"
3.3 Overview of Tourism and Ecotourism in the Asia-Pacific Region
Tourism in the Region
Future Growth in Tourism in the Region
Ecotourism in the Region
Past and Future Ecotourism Growth in the Region3.4 The Dimensions of Ecotourism
Environmental Dimension
Experiential Dimension
Sociocultural Dimension
Economic Dimension
4. OUTLOOK: ISSUES, TRENDS, IMPLICATIONS, AND OPTIONS
4.1 Preserving Services Derived from the Forest: Protected Area and Social Forestry Approaches
Protected areas and their management
Movements towards a community/social forestry approach4.2 Need for Increased Research and Utilization of Results
4.3 Importance of Social Issues in Management
4.4 Continued Funding Difficulties in Natural Areas
4.5 Ecotourism Management: Low Level of Funding and Reliance on Simplistic Strategies Like Carrying Capacity
4.6 Growth in International and Domestic Visitation
4.7 Change in the Visitor Market
4.8 Continued or Increased Competition, Particularly for International Visitors
4.9 Importance of Interpretation
4.10 Importance of Partnerships Among Ecotourism Actors
4.11 Greater Private Sector Roles in Management of Natural Areas
4.12 Pressure to Use Natural Areas for Activities that are Not Nature-Dependent
4.13 Professionalization of Operators and Desire to Exclude Those Not Meeting Professional Criteria
4.14 Tendency for Dominance by Larger Operators and Those Located in Regional or National Centres
4.15 Summary of Issues, Trends, Implications, and Options
ANNEX - COUNTRY ECOTOURISM NOTES
COUNTRY NOTE: AUSTRALIA
COUNTRY NOTE: CHINA
COUNTRY NOTE: INDIA
COUNTRY NOTE: INDONESIA
COUNTRY NOTE: MALAYSIA
COUNTRY NOTE: NEPAL
COUNTRY NOTE: POHNPEI
COUNTRY NOTE: THAILAND