THE ROLE OF HUNTING TOURISM MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
Keywords:
tourism, hunting, fauna, habitat, ecosystem, management, biodiversityAbstract
Although hunting tourism is not a new activity, it appears since the dawn of human
evolution, today it must be managed in a professional way in order to protect and
keep the environment and the hunted. The development of agriculture and animal
breeding has released most of the human communities from the worries of feeding
themselves, decreasing considerably the pressure on hunted species as a food
resource. In order to practice this type of tourism, some hunted species must be bred
in semi wilderness to be used as trophies and food resources and to protect the
wildlife. Special emphasis must be put on the productive function of the forest
ecosystem, the development and intensification of agriculture, development of the
infrastructure, development of mass tourism in protected areas and enlarging the
natural habitat of the hunted species, reducing hunting and intensifying observation
and study of wildlife behaviour through hunting tourism with an ecological
character.
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