Outdoor recreation is typically assumed to be compatible with biodiversity conservation and
is permitted in most protected areas worldwide. However, increasing numbers of studies are …

Coastal tourism started in the 19th Century and has increased in non-linear fashion ever
since, stimulated by a combination of developments in transport technology and rising …

The new fifth edition of Ecotourism focuses on an array of economic, social and ecological
inconsistencies that continue to plague ecotourism in theory and practice, and examines the …

Rising sea temperatures are likely to increase the frequency of disease outbreaks affecting
reef-building corals through impacts on coral hosts and pathogens. We present and …

Recreational diving and snorkeling on coral reefs is one of the fastest growing tourism
sectors globally. Damage associated with intensive recreational tourist use has been …

Coral reefs worldwide are attracting increasing numbers of scuba divers, leading to growing
concern about damage. There is now a need to manage diver behaviour closely, especially …

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Arguments for conservation of sharks based on their role in the maintenance of healthy
marine ecosystems have failed to halt the worldwide decline in populations. Instead, the …

Coral reefs at Eilat, northern Red Sea, are among the most heavily used in the world for
recreational diving, with> 250,000 dives per year on only 12 km of coastline. We assessed …

It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This revealing book
analyzes leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider …