MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST Flashcards
(6 cards)
Ecotourism
Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improved well being of local people
Env Positives
PACRET
Dev of reserve protects area from logging, farming and deforestation - protect biodiversity
Access- only 2% forest accessible to visitors - rest is ‘absolute protection zone’
Control And Vigilance - programme protects against illegal hunting, deforestation, invasion and extraction of products
Research - prgrm hep effective managament of area - Permanent Monitoring Plots 2007 small changes ecosystem
Eco-lodges- used to be logger lodges - high env standards
Tropical Science Centre- NGO 1962 managages forest
Env Negatives
ORPEEL
Over Managament - natural changes do bot happen ecosys stagnant and starts decline
Restricting - access can be difficult to manage in large areas - protecting diff not enough staff
Population - started grow are - pressure on ecosys
Ecotourism - pressure - 250,000 in 2015 - additional acc, facilities transport
Electricity - more tourist = more e needs to be produced from sus sources - waste also issue from hotels
Lodges - negative footprint - incr visitors = more trails and tracks through forest and hanging bridges and high ropes in canopy
Socioecon Postives
DIJ
Development - income promotes - conservation and community projects - comp local env edu and maintanence prgrm - 20yrs class ecology and env issues
Income - 2 billion annually. TSC funded through ecotourism
Jobs - provide services to visitors - guides, rest, shops, bars and ecolodges - 600 direct and indirect employees
Socioeconomic Negatives
ITCG
Influx- visitorsrecently = more pressure on services
Traditional Ways - life and working lost as now work in service ind for visitors - multiple jobs low paid seasonal
Conflict and Overcapacity - influence alcohol or drugs incr antisoc bhvr and crime
Greenwashing - marketing scheme - green label given to travel services not ecotourism classed- take care manage things carefully
Background
National Reserve 1972 private non profit run by Tropical Science Center
10,500 hectares 70,000 visitors annually
Quetzal endangered bird became icon
