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Presented at World Parks CongressTRANSCRIPT
Healthy Parks …
Vibrant Communities
Steve McCool
WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas
Specialist Group
University of Montana, USA
Ecotourism and the health of communities and ecosystems
Ecotourism and the health of communities and ecosystems
Understand the context
Ecotourism and the health of communities and ecosystems
Understand the context
Build resilient communities
Ecotourism and the health of communities and ecosystems
Understand the context
Build resilient communities
Tourism as an intervention
Understand the Context:
Global Forces Lead to Uncertainty and Anxiety
People hold an inherent desire to live within communities with
Food and physical securitySafe water, clean airEconomic advancementAccess to education and healthShared values and interestsConnected to heritage
Population Dynamics
Technology
GovernancePublic Values
Decision Making
Economic Restructuring
ClimateChange
Population Dynamics
Technology
GovernancePublic Values
Decision Making
Economic Restructuring
Increasing Conflict
ClimateChange
Population Dynamics
Technology
GovernancePublic Values
Decision Making
Economic Restructuring
Accelerating Complexity
ClimateChange
Population Dynamics
Technology
GovernancePublic Values
Decision Making
Economic Restructuring
ClimateChange
Changing Relationships
Population Dynamics
Technology
GovernancePublic Values
Decision Making
Economic Restructuring
New Challenges and Opportunities
ClimateChange
Communities Unprepared for Change are Stressed
Growing and Diversifying Expectations for Protected Areas
Heritage Protection
Heritage Protection
Governance
Heritage Protection
Economic Development
Governance
Heritage Protection
Economic Development
Climate Change
Governance
Heritage Protection
Economic Development
Climate Change
Governance
Cauldrons of Evolution
Heritage Protection
Economic Development
Climate Change
Governance
Cauldrons of Evolution
Buffers from Development
Expectations Partly Overlapping and Partly
Competing
Resilient and Vibrant Communities:
Invest in Nature and People
Resilience: “the sustained ability of a
community to utilize available resources
to respond to, withstand, and recover
from adverse situations”
Rand Corporation
Resilience
Natural Capital
Social Capital
Technical Capacity
Connections
Protected Area
CommunityProtected
Area
CommunityProtected
Area
Utilitarian
CommunityProtected
Area
Utilitarian
Political
CommunityProtected
Area
Utilitarian
Political
Economic
CommunityProtected
Area
Utilitarian
Cultural/Spiritual
Political
Economic
Tourism as Intervention
Think of it as a transformational tool
Tourism …
Enhances management
Tourism …
Transforms communities
Tourism …
Transforms protected areas
Tourism …
Transforms Connections
Barriers
Barriers
Capital
Managerial Capacity
Vision/Leadership
Mental Models
Social Financial
Barriers
Capital
Managerial Capacity
Vision/Leadership
Mental Models
Social Financial
Barriers
Capital
Managerial Capacity
Vision/Leadership
Mental Models
Social Financial
Barriers
Capital
Managerial Capacity
Vision/Leadership
Mental Models
Social Financial
•Framing the question•Who benefits from eco-tourism?•Role of science?
Some Concluding Observations
What should tourism sustain?
Quality of life?Heritage?Economic opportunity?
What should tourism sustain?
Quality of life?Heritage?Economic opportunity?
What are the appropriate or acceptable conditions?
Who Gets to Make the Decisions?
• Healthy Parks … Vibrant Communities leads to a redistribution of power
• Who represents the future?
• How to maintain options when preferences are unknown?
•Create new visitor opportunity products
•Create new visitor opportunity products
•Build a community of practice
•Create new visitor opportunity products
•Build a community of practice
•Maintain connections
•Create new visitor opportunity products
•Build a community of practice
•Maintain connections
•Monitor outcomes
•Create new visitor opportunity products
•Build a community of practice
•Maintain connections
•Monitor outcomes
•Adapt strategies, policies and management
Thank You
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