Tourism and recreation are set to play an increasing role in the future of forests and woodlands. The increasing demand for outdoor recreation and tourism can be partly catered for in woodlands, since these can be used to screen otherwise conflicitng uses and absorb large numbers of visitors. These recreational uses also drive up the use-value of forests that are visited. At the same time outdoor recreation has the potential to bring extra income to forest owners. This can help offset the extra costs of sustainable timber production and forest conservation. But the use of forests for tourism brings added environmental pressures and requires management responses to ensure the sustainability of this relationship. This book addresses 16 international examples of case studies and concepts and looks at the problems, benefits and ideas relating to tourism and recreation within the context of a forest environment.
List of Contributors vii Acknowledgements xiii Recreation, Conservation and Timber Production: a Sustainable Relationship? 1(22) Xavier Font John Tribe Part I. Issues and Problems The Survival of a Forest Fragment: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore 23(18) Joan C. Henderson Competing Interests on a Former Military Training Area: a Case from Estonia 41(14) Mart Reimann Hannes Palang Hypotheses about Recreational Congestion: Tests in the Forest of Dean (England) and Wider Management Implications 55(20) Colin Price T.W. Mark Chambers Balancing Tourism and Wilderness Qualities in New Zealands Native Forests 75(18) Geoffrey Kearsley A Review of Ecology and Camping Requirements in the Ancient Woodlands of the New Forest, England 93(10) David Johnson Angela Clark Ecotourism on the Edge: the Case of Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica 103(24) Claudio Minca Marco Linda Ecotourism in Tropical Rainforests: an Environmental Management Option for Threatened Resources? 127(16) Simon Evans Wilderness Management in the Forests of New Zealand: Historical Development and Contemporary Issues in Environmental Management 143(18) C. Michael Hall James Higham From Wasteland to Woodland to `Little Switzerland: Environmental and Recreational Management in Place, Culture and Time 161(22) Paul Cloke Owain Jones Part II. Strategies and Solutions Forest Tourism: Putting Policy into Practice in the Forestry Commission 183(18) Richard Broadhurst Paddy Harrop Recreation, Forestry and Environmental Management: The Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve, Ontario, Canada 201(16) L. Anders Sandberg Christopher Midgley Writing an Environmental Plan for the Community Forest of Mercia, England 217(8) Graham Hunt Forest Tourism and Recreation in Nepal 225(24) Trevor H.B. Sofield Planning for the Compatibility of Recreation and Forestry: Recent Developments in Woodland Management Planning within the National Trust 249(10) David Russell Beyond Carrying Capacity: Introducing a Model to Monitor and Manage Visitor Activity in Forests 259(20) Simon McArthur Implementing Environmental Management Systems in Forest Tourism: the Case of Center Parcs 279(10) Barry Collins Index 289
Xavier Font is professor of sustainability marketing at the University of Surrey. He researches and develops methods of sustainable tourism production and consumption. He has published widely about sustainable tourism certification, and has consulted on sustainable product development, marketing and communication for UNEP, UNCTAD, UNWTO, IFC, EC, VisitEngland, Fįilte Ireland, WWF and the Travel Foundation amongst others. Since January 2019, he is the new co-editor of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. He has conducted over 130 courses for more than 2500 businesses on how to market and communicate sustainability, see www.travindy.com
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