Promoting Nature-Based Tourism for Management of Protected Areas and Elephant Conservation in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's ten-year development framework aims at accelerating economic growth while ensuring a path of sustainable development and prioritizing conservation of the country's natural heritage. It is in this context that this policy note seeks to examine the scope for enhancing protection of Sri Lanka's natural assets through nature based tourism as an instrument for conservation with a specific focus on elephant conservation. This study identifies development opportunities that increase tourism revenues and offers an assessment of the human/elephant conflict, which is the primary impediment to long term elephant conservation.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2010-06
Subjects:ACTION PLAN, AGRICULTURAL LANDS, AMPHIBIAN, AMPHIBIAN SPECIES, AMPHIBIANS, ANATOMY, ANCIENT CITY, ASIAN ELEPHANT, ASIAN ELEPHANTS, ATTRACTIVE TOURIST DESTINATION, BEACH, BEACHES, BEAR, BENEFIT SHARING, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, BIOLOGIST, BIOMASS, BIRD, BOTANICAL GARDENS, BUFFER ZONES, BURN AGRICULTURE, CAMPING FACILITIES, CARRYING CAPACITY, CHARISMATIC SPECIES, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION AREAS, CONSERVATION EFFORTS, CONSERVATION GOALS, CONSERVATION MEASURES, CONSERVATION OF NATURAL, CONSERVATION PRIORITY, CONSUMER SATISFACTION, CONTINGENT VALUATION, CROP DAMAGE, CROP LOSSES, CROP RAIDING, CULTIVATED AREAS, CULTIVATED LAND, CULTURAL AREAS, CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS, CULTURAL SITES, DENSE VEGETATION, DENSITY OF ELEPHANTS, DESTINATIONS, DETERMINANTS, DISCOUNT RATE, DRY SEASON, ECOLOGICAL SERVICES, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF TOURISM, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOTOURISM, ECOTOURISM INDUSTRY, ELASTICITY, ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT CONFLICT, ELEPHANT CONSERVATION, ELEPHANT DUNG, ELEPHANT HABITAT, ELEPHANT NUMBERS, ELEPHANT RANGE, ELEPHANTS, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, ENDEMIC SPECIES, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, EXCURSIONS, EXOTIC BIRDS, EXTINCTION, FAUNA, FENCE, FENCES, FERTILITY, FIELD STAFF, FIRE, FISH, FISHING, FLAGSHIP SPECIES, FLOCK, FLORA, FOLIAGE, FOREIGN TOURISTS, FOREST, FOREST COVER, FOREST DEPARTMENT, FOREST HABITATS, FOREST LAND, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST RANGE, FOREST RESERVE, FOREST RESERVES, FORMS OF TOURISM, FRAGMENTATION, GENETIC, GENETIC DIVERSITY, GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY, GRASSLAND, HABITAT DEGRADATION, HABITATS, HIGH DENSITY, HOTEL, HOTELS, HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT, HUMAN POPULATION, IMPACT OF TOURISM, IMPACTS OF TOURISM, INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL, INTERNATIONAL TOURIST, INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS, INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS, INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS, INTERNATIONAL VISITORS, IRREVERSIBLE LOSS, ISSUES, LAND AREA, LAND USE, LEOPARD, LEOPARDS, LIVESTOCK, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL TOUR OPERATORS, LONG-TERM SURVIVAL, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, MARINE BIODIVERSITY, MIGRATION, MUSEUMS, NATIONAL PARK, NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM, NATIONAL PARKS, NATURAL ASSETS, NATURAL CAPITAL, NATURAL FORESTS, NATURAL HERITAGE, NATURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL SITES, NATURAL VEGETATION, NATURE, NATURE RESERVE, NATURE TOURISM, NATURE TRAILS, NET PRESENT VALUE, PACKAGE TOUR, PACKAGED TOURS, PARK MANAGEMENT, PLANT, POOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, PREFERENCES, PROTECTED AREAS, QUALITY OF INTERPRETATION, RAINFALL, RECREATION, RED LIST, REFUGE, REMOTE AREAS, REPTILE, REPTILES, RESERVES, RESTAURANTS, ROAD, SAFARI, SAFARIS, SANCTUARY, SECONDARY FORESTS, SETTLEMENTS, SHIFTING CULTIVATION, SPECIES OF PLANTS, STEWARDSHIP, STREAMS, SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, TAX, TAX REVENUE, TOUR OPERATORS, TOURISM, TOURISM ACTIVITIES, TOURISM ASSET, TOURISM BUSINESS, TOURISM DEMAND, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TOURISM EMPLOYMENT, TOURISM EXPERIENCE, TOURISM INDUSTRY, TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES, TOURISM POTENTIAL, TOURISM REVENUE, TOURISM REVENUES, TOURISM SECTOR, TOURISM STRATEGY, TOURIST, TOURIST ACTIVITIES, TOURIST ATTRACTION, TOURIST DEMAND, TOURIST EXPERIENCE, TOURIST MARKET, TOURISTS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRAVEL AGENTS, TRAVEL PACKAGES, TRAVELERS, TRIP, TRIP CHARACTERISTICS, TRIPS, TRUE, UNCERTAINTY, UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY, VACATION, VARIETY, VEGETATION, VEHICLE, VEHICLES, VILLAGES, VISITOR, VISITOR ACTIVITIES, VISITOR EXPERIENCE, VISITOR INFORMATION, VISITOR SATISFACTION, VISITORS, WEALTH, WET SEASON, WILD ANIMAL, WILD ANIMALS, WILD ELEPHANTS, WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE PARKS, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, WORLD HERITAGE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16281130/sri-lanka-promoting-nature-based-tourism-management-protected-areas-elephant-conservation-sri-lanka
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12549
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