Talk:Wildlife tourism

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Please create more "Wildlife of ....." articles for all countries.[edit]

.... and kindly contribute to these new articles when you get time, and request others too.

See Wildlife of India for reference.

Thanks

Atulsnischal 18:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation for Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas of India & Conservation[edit]

If you are interested in Environment, Wildlife, Conservation and Nature etc. please join in to contribute, even starting off with making new stub class articles will be a great contribution.

Sincerely

Atulsnischal 16:36, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We need senior administrators or people who are long in Wikipedia to help us with the templates and for other further helps. Details can be seen in its talk page. IT's urgent. We want this wkiproject to be added to the exsisting WP:IND banner. Amartyabag ^TALK2ME 05:02, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed addition of less savory context[edit]

The page currently defines wildlife tourism very narrowly, and ignores the presence of tourism geared towards direct interaction with animals including (but not limited to) hunting/cull participation. It is my understanding that tourists participating in culls/hunts are still wildlife tourists, even though their actions are not always to the benefit of the wildlife.

I'm proposing that we include in the definition of "wildlife tourism" not just "watching wild animals in their natural habitat" but "interacting with..." including both invasive and noninvasive interaction. I don't have a set phrasing for use down yet, but I believe we would be remiss if we exclude these other contexts.

If this edit is appropriate, there are further edits to the page I would like to offer, including a discussion of the benefits and detriments of wildlife tourism in the specific context of culls (both their impact on local life and impact on perception of tourism practices).

Some sources for consideration include

Reynolds, Paul C., and Dick Braithwaite. "Towards a conceptual framework for wildlife tourism." Tourism management 22.1 (2001): 31-42.

Côté, Isabelle M., Stephanie J. Green, and Mark A. Hixon. "Predatory fish invaders: insights from Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic and Caribbean." Biological Conservation 164 (2013): 50-61.

Johnston, Matthew W., and Sam J. Purkis. "A coordinated and sustained international strategy is required to turn the tide on the Atlantic lionfish invasion." Marine Ecology Progress Series 533 (2015): 219-235.

Infield, Mark. "Attitudes of a rural community towards conservation and a local conservation area in Natal, South Africa." Biological Conservation 45.1 (1988): 21-46. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JM LaV (talk • contribs) 16:58, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]