Description: Promoting Nature-Based Tourism for Management of Protected Areas and Elephant Conservation in Sri Lanka

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Promoting Nature-Based Tourism for Management of Protected Areas and Elephant Conservation in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's ten-year development framework aims at accelerating economic growth while ensuring a path of sustainable development and prioritizing conservation of the country's natural heritage. It is in this context that this policy note...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACTION PLAN AGRICULTURAL LANDS AMPHIBIAN AMPHIBIAN SPECIES AMPHIBIANS ANATOMY ANCIENT CITY ASIAN ELEPHANT ASIAN ELEPHANTS ATTRACTIVE TOURIST DESTINATION BEACH BEACHES BEAR BENEFIT SHARING BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOLOGIST BIOMASS BIRD BOTANICAL GARDENS BUFFER ZONES BURN AGRICULTURE CAMPING FACILITIES CARRYING CAPACITY CHARISMATIC SPECIES CONSERVATION CONSERVATION AREAS CONSERVATION EFFORTS CONSERVATION GOALS CONSERVATION MEASURES CONSERVATION OF NATURAL CONSERVATION PRIORITY CONSUMER SATISFACTION CONTINGENT VALUATION CROP DAMAGE CROP LOSSES CROP RAIDING CULTIVATED AREAS CULTIVATED LAND CULTURAL AREAS CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS CULTURAL SITES DENSE VEGETATION DENSITY OF ELEPHANTS DESTINATIONS DETERMINANTS DISCOUNT RATE DRY SEASON ECOLOGICAL SERVICES ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF TOURISM ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECOSYSTEMS ECOTOURISM ECOTOURISM INDUSTRY ELASTICITY ELEPHANT ELEPHANT CONFLICT ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ELEPHANT DUNG ELEPHANT HABITAT ELEPHANT NUMBERS ELEPHANT RANGE ELEPHANTS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENDEMIC SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EXCURSIONS EXOTIC BIRDS EXTINCTION FAUNA FENCE FENCES FERTILITY FIELD STAFF FIRE FISH FISHING FLAGSHIP SPECIES FLOCK FLORA FOLIAGE FOREIGN TOURISTS FOREST FOREST COVER FOREST DEPARTMENT FOREST HABITATS FOREST LAND FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST RANGE FOREST RESERVE FOREST RESERVES FORMS OF TOURISM FRAGMENTATION GENETIC GENETIC DIVERSITY GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY GRASSLAND HABITAT DEGRADATION HABITATS HIGH DENSITY HOTEL HOTELS HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT HUMAN POPULATION IMPACT OF TOURISM IMPACTS OF TOURISM INDIVIDUAL TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL TOURIST INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS INTERNATIONAL VISITORS IRREVERSIBLE LOSS ISSUES LAND AREA LAND USE LEOPARD LEOPARDS LIVESTOCK LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL TOUR OPERATORS LONG-TERM SURVIVAL LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY MARINE BIODIVERSITY MIGRATION MUSEUMS NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM NATIONAL PARKS NATURAL ASSETS NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL HERITAGE NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL SITES NATURAL VEGETATION NATURE NATURE RESERVE NATURE TOURISM NATURE TRAILS NET PRESENT VALUE PACKAGE TOUR PACKAGED TOURS PARK MANAGEMENT PLANT POOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PREFERENCES PROTECTED AREAS QUALITY OF INTERPRETATION RAINFALL RECREATION RED LIST REFUGE REMOTE AREAS REPTILE REPTILES RESERVES RESTAURANTS ROAD SAFARI SAFARIS SANCTUARY SECONDARY FORESTS SETTLEMENTS SHIFTING CULTIVATION SPECIES OF PLANTS STEWARDSHIP STREAMS SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE TOURISM TAX TAX REVENUE TOUR OPERATORS TOURISM TOURISM ACTIVITIES TOURISM ASSET TOURISM BUSINESS TOURISM DEMAND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TOURISM EMPLOYMENT TOURISM EXPERIENCE TOURISM INDUSTRY TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES TOURISM POTENTIAL TOURISM REVENUE TOURISM REVENUES TOURISM SECTOR TOURISM STRATEGY TOURIST TOURIST ACTIVITIES TOURIST ATTRACTION TOURIST DEMAND TOURIST EXPERIENCE TOURIST MARKET TOURISTS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRAVEL AGENTS TRAVEL PACKAGES TRAVELERS TRIP TRIP CHARACTERISTICS TRIPS TRUE UNCERTAINTY UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY VACATION VARIETY VEGETATION VEHICLE VEHICLES VILLAGES VISITOR VISITOR ACTIVITIES VISITOR EXPERIENCE VISITOR INFORMATION VISITOR SATISFACTION VISITORS WEALTH WET SEASON WILD ANIMAL WILD ANIMALS WILD ELEPHANTS WILDLIFE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION WILDLIFE PARKS WILLINGNESS TO PAY WORLD HERITAGE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16281130/sri-lanka-promoting-nature-based-tourism-management-protected-areas-elephant-conservation-sri-lanka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12549

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Summary:	Sri Lanka's ten-year development framework aims at accelerating economic growth while ensuring a path of sustainable development and prioritizing conservation of the country's natural heritage. It is in this context that this policy note seeks to examine the scope for enhancing protection of Sri Lanka's natural assets through nature based tourism as an instrument for conservation with a specific focus on elephant conservation. This study identifies development opportunities that increase tourism revenues and offers an assessment of the human/elephant conflict, which is the primary impediment to long term elephant conservation.