Lifestyle values, resilience, and nature-based tourism's contribution to conservation on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 370-379

  Biggs, D ^a,b,c   Ban, N C ^c   Hall, C M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

coral reefs; crises; ecotourism; Great Barrier Reef; lifestyle values; marine conservation; nature based tourism; resilience

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; CRISES; ECO-TOURISMS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIFESTYLE VALUES; NATURE-BASED TOURISM; RESILIENCE;

ECOLOGY; REEFS;

INDUSTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LIFESTYLE; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLICY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84868278185     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000239     Document Type: Article

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