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
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Contents
List of Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Recreation, Conservation and Timber Production: a Sustainable Relationship? Xavier Font and John Tribe
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Part I. Issues and Problems 2
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The Survival of a Forest Fragment: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore Joan C. Henderson
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Competing Interests on a Former Military Training Area: a Case from Estonia Mart Reimann and Hannes Palang
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Hypotheses about Recreational Congestion: Tests in the Forest of Dean (England) and Wider Management Implications Colin Price and T.W. Mark Chambers
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Balancing Tourism and Wilderness Qualities in New Zealand’s Native Forests Geoffrey Kearsley
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A Review of Ecology and Camping Requirements in the Ancient Woodlands of the New Forest, England David Johnson and Angela Clark
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Ecotourism on the Edge: the Case of Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica Claudio Minca and Marco Linda
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Ecotourism in Tropical Rainforests: an Environmental Management Option for Threatened Resources? 127 Simon Evans
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