Dear all,
Please see below details
for recent publication.
Higham, J.E.S., Bejder, L.
and Lusseau, D. (2009). An integrated and adaptive management model to address
the long-term sustainability of tourist interactions with cetaceans.
Environmental Conservation 35 (4): 294–302.
doi:10.1017/S0376892908005249
SUMMARY
Rapid growth in demand for
tourist interactions with cetaceans in the wild constitutes a challenge to
management. Short-term animal behaviour changes can have long-term biological
consequences for individual animals and populations. This paper reviews the
whale-watching management context, describing the interplay of the macro
(global), meso (national/regional) and micro-level (local/site specific) policy,
planning and management settings. Here, an integrated and adaptive management
model based largely upon the delineation and monitoring of limits of acceptable
change (LAC) parameters is proposed to address current shortcomings in the
long-term sustainable management of whale-watching activities. Although no
integrated management framework currently exists, a comprehensive management
approach must be developed and applied in the interests of the long-term
sustainable management of tourist interactions with cetaceans in the wild. The
proposed management model highlights the importance of integrating multiple
stakeholder perspectives in a way that is both research-informed and adaptive.
Beyond tourist interactions with cetaceans, this management framework could be
applied to a wide range of wildlife management
contexts.
Please see Environmental Conservation home page to obtain
a PDF of the manuscript or send me an email and I shall forward you a
copy.
All the best,
Lars Bejder (l.bejder@murdoch.edu.au)
Centre for Fish and
Fisheries Research