Wildlife tourism / David Newsome, Ross K. Dowling & Susan A. Moore ; with Joan Bentrupperbäumer, Mike Calver, and Kate Roger.

Contents
1. Viewing animals in the wild
Introduction
Tourism
Wildlife tourism
Stakeholder
Impact, policy and Management
Science and wildlife tourism
etc.

2. Ecological impacts
Gaining access to and locating wildlife
Observing wildlife
Getting close to and feeding wildlife

3. Human dimension of wildlife interactions
Psychological foundations of human-wildlife relations
Our view of wildlife in a tourism context
Encountering wildlife in tourism context
Virtual representation of wildlife

4. Stakeholder engagements
Wildlife tourism's stakeholders
Stakeholders engagement in wildlife tourism
The role of stakeholders in community wildlife tourism
The challenges involved in development of community wildlife tourism
The economic and social costs and benefits

5. Wildlife tourism policies
Policies for wildlife tourism
Who makes wildlife tourism policies
Policy instrument for wildlife tourism
Factors influencing the choice of policy instrument for wild tourism

6. Managing potential impacts
Managing access to wildlife
Management of wildlife viewing
Managing the desire to feed wildlife
The importance of education and interpretation
The role of monitoring

7. Natural science and wildlife tourism
Natural science
Wildlife biology
Wildlife biology and wildlife tourism
Barriers that impede research into wildlife tourism

8. Research ecological impacts
A framework for planning studies
Formulating and testing predictions
Choosing a technique for data collection
Testing the prediction: Data analysis, Drawing conclusions and publishing
Applying research results to adaptive management of wildlife tourism





Nature of science

The importance of

Includes bibliographical references and index.