FOREST TOURISM AND RECREATION Case Studies in Environmental Management Edited by Xavier Font and John Tribe Faculty of Leisure and Tourism Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College High Wycombe UK CABI Publishing CABI Publishing is a division of CAB International CABI Publishing CAB International Wallingford Oxon OX10 8DE UK CABI Publishing 10 E 40th Street Suite 3203 New York, NY 10016 USA Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111 Fax: +44 (0)1491 833508 Email:
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[email protected] © CAB International 2000. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Forest tourism and recreation : case studies in environmental management / edited by Xavier Font and John Tribe. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-85199-414-8 (alk. paper) 1. Ecotourism. 2. Forest reserves--Recreational use. I. Font, Xavier. II. Tribe, John. G156.5.E26F67 1999 333.78′4—dc21 99–41615 CIP This publication was produced as part of TOURFOR, a European Commission LIFE project. ISBN 0 85199 414 8 Typeset by Columns Design Ltd, Reading. Printed and bound in the UK at the University Press, Cambridge. Contents List of Contributors vii Acknowledgements xiii 1 Recreation, Conservation and Timber Production: a Sustainable Relationship? Xavier Font and John Tribe 1 Part I. Issues and Problems 2 3 4 5 6 The Survival of a Forest Fragment: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore Joan C. Henderson 23 Competing Interests on a Former Military Training Area: a Case from Estonia Mart Reimann and Hannes Palang 41 Hypotheses about Recreational Congestion: Tests in the Forest of Dean (England) and Wider Management Implications Colin Price and T.W. Mark Chambers 55 Balancing Tourism and Wilderness Qualities in New Zealand’s Native Forests Geoffrey Kearsley 75 A Review of Ecology and Camping Requirements in the Ancient Woodlands of the New Forest, England David Johnson and Angela Clark 93 vi 7 Contents Ecotourism on the Edge: the Case of Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica Claudio Minca and Marco Linda 103 8 Ecotourism in Tropical Rainforests: an Environmental Management Option for Threatened Resources? 127 Simon Evans <