Recreational diving is an expanding branch of ecotourism that when poorly managed, may
cause considerable impacts to benthic organisms. Such impacts become a matter of …

Global demand for SCUBA diving activities in coastal areas continues to grow. Academic
research has acknowledged that SCUBA diving can have ecological impacts. To understand …

Recreational diving on coral reefs is an activity that has experienced rapidly growing levels
of popularity and participation. Despite providing economic activity for many developing …

Marine ecosystems play a central role in economic and social life in the Republic of Palau, a
Small Island Developing State in the Western Pacific. Marine resources underpin …

Globally, coral reefs have drastically degraded due to local and global environmental
stressors. Concurrently, coral reef tourism is rapidly growing in developing economies …

Understanding diver preferences and perceptions of environmental attributes can help
inform dive tourism management. We interviewed 190 recreational divers and examined …

A systematic literature review was conducted to explore the relation between key players of
the demand for sport and the environmental sustainability, within the 2013–2019 timeframe …

Non-tropical marine protected areas (MPAs) are likely to experience growing demand from
scuba diving tourism, given the pressures on their tropical counterparts. The vulnerability of …

Despite considered a non-consumptive use of the marine environment, diving-related
activities can cause damages to coral reefs. It is imminent to assess the maximum numbers …

Coastal communities are exerting increasingly more pressure on coral reef ecosystem
services in the Anthropocene. Balancing trade-offs between local economic demands …