From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Nov 15 15:00:46 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gAFMx27r019848 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:59:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.64.14.116]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gAFMwWke019810 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:58:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gAFMwVa06309 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:58:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from cagan.stanford.edu (Bio-CCB23.Stanford.EDU [171.64.63.123]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gAFMwTJ06291 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:58:29 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:58:14 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Cagan Hakki Sekercioglu <[[email protected]]> In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1b4+ Subject: [SBB] Birding review X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b4+ Precedence: list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] >I realize this is not directly related to South Bay birding, but some of >you expressed interest in this. I recently published a review of the >ecological and economical impacts of birding tourism in Environmental >Conservation. The abstract is below and I'd be happy to send anyone a pdf >of the actual paper. >Cagan Impacts of birdwatching on human and avian communities Cagan H. Sekercioglu Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA Environmental Conservation (2002), 29:282-289 Cambridge University Press Abstract Ecotourism can be a vehicle for community-based conservation if it is conducted with an emphasis on the well-being of local ecosystems and human communities. Birdwatchers form the largest group of ecotourists, and are, on average, well-educated, wealthy and committed. This makes them ideal ecotourists for community-based conservation. Therefore, there is a need for a comprehensive review of birdwatching from a conservation biology perspective. Specific objectives here are: (1) to review the economic potential of non-residential birdwatching for community-based conservation; (2) to outline the potential benefits and problems associated with this activity; and (3) to provide suggestions for improving the conservation value of birdwatching. Birdwatching tourism has a high potential to improve the financial and environmental well-being of local communities, educate locals about the value of biodiversity and create local and national incentives for successful protection and preservation of natural areas. However, there needs to be more research on the economical and environmental impacts of this hobby, birdwatching-related disturbance needs to be reduced, and much has to be done to increase the financial contribution of birdwatching to local communities. Cagan Sekercioglu Stanford University Department of Biological Sciences Center for Conservation Biology www.naturalphotos.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]