Protected Area Regulation and Tourism

Valentina Dinica, PhD, Associate Professor in Public Policy and Sustainability, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

‘This book provides a unique and valuable contribution in the important area of the regulation of Protected Area management, including tourism. It adopts an historical view on the creation and management of protected areas, in order to understand the philosophies and attitudes towards these societal creations. It applies a broad framework to analyze the current regulatory regime in three example areas: New Zealand, Tasmania and Hawaii. This book makes a unique case of moving from ecological values to regulation. The book takes a global view with comprehensive reviews of relevant global conventions, treaties and policies and their possible impacts on management and regulation. This book should be useful to anyone involved in understanding the development and application of values into Protected Area laws and regulations.’

• Contents: PART I REGULATIONS AND SCIENCE FOR PROTECTED AREAS AND TOURISM 1. Ecological challenges and Protected Areas 1.1 Ecological pressures 1.2 Protected Areas – protected environment? 1.3 The book’s aim and conceptual framework 1.4 The structure of the book 2. Key concepts: frameworks, values, regulations and science 2.1 Frameworks as theoretical constructs 2.2 Eco-values and eco-objectives 2.3 Conceptualisations of regulations 2.4 Science: contested philosophies 3. Protected Areas before 1960 3.1 The era of natural history, reserves and hunting 3.2 The era of tourism, parks and early ecology 3.3 Summary and concluding reflections 4. Spectra for the ecological regulation of Protected Areas 4.1 Shifts in scientific paradigms: implications for Protected Areas’ design and management 4.2 A spectrum of ecological values for Protected Areas 4.3 Ecological objectives 4.4 Concluding reflections 5. Spectra for tourism regulations in Protected Areas 5.1 Tourism access principles 5.2 Concession allocation methods for tourism businesses 5.3 Environmental regulation strategies for Protected Area target groups 5.4 Types of concession contract designs 5.5 Conclusion 5.6 Appendix: brief critical reviews of frameworks for tourism management PART II CASE STUDIES AND INTEGRATED REFLECTIONS 6. New Zealand 6.1 Ecological challenges and Protected Areas 6.2 Ecological references and scientific paradigms in legal-policy frameworks 6.3 Tourism regulation in the Westland National Park 6.4 Conclusion 7. Tasmania, Australia 7.1 Ecological challenges and Protected Areas 7.2 Ecological references and scientific paradigms in legal-policy frameworks 7.3 Tourism regulations applicable to the Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park 7.4 Concluding reflections 8. Hawaii, United States of America 8.1 Ecological challenges 8.2 The Protected Area system, ecological rationales and scientific paradigms 8.3 Tourism regulations in State Protected Areas 8.4 The ecological representativeness of Protected Areas and concluding reflections 9. Protected Areas in transition 9.1 Summary of key findings and integrated reflections 9.2 PA redesign in a changing climate 9.3 Alternatives to Protected Area designations 9.4 A research agenda References