This Research Topic is dedicated to the presentation of research on frameworks, models, applications, and practices which highlight conservation and community strategies for ecotourism. We are interested in models that address the complexities of ecotourism implementation and how they are working and/or how they are challenged. Authors should consider principles relative to ecotourism which for this Research Topic are promoted by the Global Ecotourism Network (see https://www.globalecotourismnetwork.org/definition-and-key-concepts/), and therefore should:
- Lead to the production of direct financial benefits for conservation,
- Generate financial benefits for both local people and private industry,
- Deliver memorable interpretative experiences to visitors that help raise sensitivity to host countries’ political, environmental, and social climate,
- Provide positive experiences for both visitors and hosts,
- Include the design, construction and operation of low-impact facilities,
- Minimize physical, social, behavioral and psychological impacts on fauna and flora, and,
- Recognize of the rights and spiritual beliefs of indigenous and local peoples and work in partnership to create empowerment.
There are many models on how ecotourism should be implemented, and how ecotourism is implemented. We have learned that context matters, however, for this research Topic, we are seeking examples of both successes and challenges to various frameworks implemented. We hope to advance and expand principles that are critical to ecotourism as a conservation and community development tool.
We are interested in themes and concepts relative to any or all of the principles of ecotourism identified in this call. We are looking for both breadth and depth, as well as global representation of case studies. This Research Topic also expands our thinking on ecotourism development and management through an in-depth understanding of current challenges to implementation and management. Therefore we seek research presentations that challenge the status quo and add new ways of conceptualizing ecotourism amidst the severe problems presented by climate change, pandemics, and the degradation of natural resource that support life for all species.
This Research Topic is dedicated to the presentation of research on frameworks, models, applications, and practices which highlight conservation and community strategies for ecotourism. We are interested in models that address the complexities of ecotourism implementation and how they are working and/or how they are challenged. Authors should consider principles relative to ecotourism which for this Research Topic are promoted by the Global Ecotourism Network (see https://www.globalecotourismnetwork.org/definition-and-key-concepts/), and therefore should:
- Lead to the production of direct financial benefits for conservation,
- Generate financial benefits for both local people and private industry,
- Deliver memorable interpretative experiences to visitors that help raise sensitivity to host countries’ political, environmental, and social climate,
- Provide positive experiences for both visitors and hosts,
- Include the design, construction and operation of low-impact facilities,
- Minimize physical, social, behavioral and psychological impacts on fauna and flora, and,
- Recognize of the rights and spiritual beliefs of indigenous and local peoples and work in partnership to create empowerment.
There are many models on how ecotourism should be implemented, and how ecotourism is implemented. We have learned that context matters, however, for this research Topic, we are seeking examples of both successes and challenges to various frameworks implemented. We hope to advance and expand principles that are critical to ecotourism as a conservation and community development tool.
We are interested in themes and concepts relative to any or all of the principles of ecotourism identified in this call. We are looking for both breadth and depth, as well as global representation of case studies. This Research Topic also expands our thinking on ecotourism development and management through an in-depth understanding of current challenges to implementation and management. Therefore we seek research presentations that challenge the status quo and add new ways of conceptualizing ecotourism amidst the severe problems presented by climate change, pandemics, and the degradation of natural resource that support life for all species.