Galapagos - UNIT 4 Case Studies
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- Galapagos (Conservation+ Management to reduce capacity)
- Sources
- the guardian.com and Tourism, Leisure and Recreation book by Nargle
- - impacts of tourism
- 24% of plant species and 50% of vertebrate species = endangered = human activity
- National Park charges a $100 entrance fee = only receive 25% of this
- 10,000 finches run over = increase of cars/vehicles
- Increase in shanty suburbs and half finished hotels
- + impacts of tourism
- Over 2000 people employed in tourism industry = positive multiple effect
- Entrance fee taxes goes towards supporting a variety of organisations
- Generates £143m a year
- Gross income generated by tourism has increased by 14% each year
- Location/type of tourism
- Off the West coast of Ecuador, South America, forming an archipelago / Mass tourism
- Management
- Investment from international organisations to help the funding of problems caused by tourism
- The Galapagos National Park Interpretation Centre has displays on the island's biodiversity and cultural history
- The Charles Darwin Research Station also acts as an educational resource base for tourists
- Introduced entrance fees of $25 which goes towards this trust
- The Charles Darwin Research Station also acts as an educational resource base for tourists
- The Galapagos National Park Interpretation Centre has displays on the island's biodiversity and cultural history
- 1998 - Special Law for Galapagos to conserve plants/animals, covering: immigration restriction, quarantine of introduced organisms and fisheries
- Set 'carrying capacity' limits for different sites and restricting the number of visitors allowed in some areas
- They have had to implement stricter management than the Lake District as they have a more fragile rural landscape, different location on the wilderness spectrum
- Different zones
- Extensive use - high value biodiversity so numbers are very limited
- Intensive use - still a large amount of important biodiversity but tourists are allowed in honeypot sites
- Recreational use - planning boat routes so that areas are not overwhelmed by visitors at any one time
- Investment from international organisations to help the funding of problems caused by tourism
- Management successfulness
- Successful
- International organisation spent £485,000 on sewage problems
- Funding for conservation has increased massively
- UN withdrew the islands from the World Heritage Danger List (Guardian 2010)
- Unsuccessful
- Local people had no idea had to use the new system for the sewage and so the waste was going into the ground untreated
- Not everyone agreed with the UN's decision - was it too premature? Some worried of relaxation of vigilant management and conservation efforts, and funding was not seen as an answer to the crisis
- A weak and unstable government system e.g. 11 different directors since 2002
- Successful
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