Wildlife Tourism, Environmental Learning and Ethical Encounters: Ecological and Conservation Aspects (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Preface Part I - Introduction and Major Concepts on Human-Wildlife Encounters 1.0 Introduction: An overview of the contemporary state of the worldwide wildlife tourism 1.1 Conceptualization: The importance and application of environmental education and 'applied ecology' in the wildlife tourism context 1.2 Other conceptual approaches for the case: Animals ethics Part II - Wildlife Tourism, Applied Ecology, and Environmental Interpretation 2.0 Understanding the key species in the Tourism Industry 2.1 Conservation of biodiversity including wildlife of tourism interest and all other fauna and flora 2.2 Wildlife tourism and opportunities for environmental interpretation and Education 2.3 Impacts on knowledge: visitor learning in captive and non-captive wildlife tourism 2.4 School visitors and environmental education: wildlife encounters for curriculum-based learning 2.5 Wildlife tourism and encounters as a source of education, training or science 2.6 Educational wildlife experiences 2.7 Citizen science in tourism 2.8 Conflicts between wildlife conservation and animal welfare in the tourism industry 2.9 Disturbing Skippy on Tour Part III - Ethical and Moral Issues, and the Best Practices in Wildlife Encounters: Worldwide Case Studies 3.0 Wild Discovery and Wildlife Watching in the wild 3.1 Animals in natural or semi-natural environments with little direct contact 3.3 Ethical and moral issues in Wildlife Interaction in Captive and Semi-captive Environments 3.4 Hunting Safaris and Fishing