 | Ecotourism and other Services Derived from Forests in the Asia- Pacific Region: Outlook to 2010. (FAO - Forestry, 1997) |
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| | INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY |
| | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| | A NOTE ON LANGUAGE |
| | 1. INTRODUCTION |
|  | 2. SERVICES PROVIDED BY FORESTS |
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| | 2.1 Categories Of Services |
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| | Ecological services |
| | Economic services |
| | Sociocultural services |
| | Scenic and landscape services and values |
| | The relative importance of the various services |
| | 2.2 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. ECOTOURISM |
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| | 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 |
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| | Tourism in the Region |
| | Future Growth in Tourism in the Region |
| | Ecotourism in the Region |
| | Past and Future Ecotourism Growth in the Region |
| | 3.4 The Dimensions of Ecotourism |
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| | Environmental Dimension |
| | Experiential Dimension |
| | Sociocultural Dimension |
| | Economic Dimension |
| | 4. OUTLOOK: ISSUES, TRENDS, IMPLICATIONS, AND OPTIONS |
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| | 4.1 Preserving Services Derived from the Forest: Protected Area and Social Forestry Approaches |
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| | Protected areas and their management |
| | Movements towards a community/social forestry approach |
| | 4.2 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 |
| | REFERENCES |
| | ANNEX - COUNTRY ECOTOURISM NOTES |
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| | COUNTRY NOTE: AUSTRALIA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: CHINA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: INDIA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: INDONESIA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: MALAYSIA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: NEPAL |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: POHNPEI |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: THAILAND |
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