Does nature matter? Arguing for a biophysical turn in the ecotourism narrative
Does nature matter? Arguing for a biophysical turn in the ecotourism narrative
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DOI：
10.1080/14724049.2019.1584201
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发表时间：
2019-03
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Abhik Chakraborty
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作者：
Abhik Chakraborty
摘要本文主张将生物物理性质定位为当代生态旅游叙事的中心焦点。生物物理环境仍然是最重要的吸引力，以及生态旅游的主要限制因素，由于其相对缺乏弹性的需求，并对旅游人数不断增加和资源基础萎缩的背景下，其条件应成为评估生态旅游可持续性的中心关注。尽管一些物种的数量略有增加，但今天的物种栖息地越来越分散，大多数生态旅游目的地都有很长的资源枯竭历史。文章提到了关于人类对自然的改变大大加速的关键概念和发现，并将这些见解与生态旅游的核心问题联系起来，它认为，在人类世-一个地球生物圈发生彻底变化的时代-将生态旅游场所浪漫化为原始或宏伟的观点已经过时，并且基于其稀有性和脆弱性对非人类性质进行（重新）评估，以及活力和复杂性。介绍了长期生态学和景观生态学的相关框架，并提出了一个实用的检查表。据推测，这种概念的重新排序是必要的发展生态旅游的一个可行的工具，自然保护。
ABSTRACT This article argues for positioning biophysical nature as the central focus of the contemporary ecotourism narrative. Biophysical environment remains the most important attraction as well as the principal limiting factor of ecotourism due to its relative inelasticity to demand; and against the backdrops of increasing tourist numbers and a shrinking resource base, its condition should become the central concern for assessing ecotourism sustainability. Despite a modest increase of some species numbers, species habitats today are increasingly fragmented, and most ecotourism destinations harbor a long history of resource depletion. The article refers to key concepts and findings regarding the great acceleration of anthropogenic alteration of nature, and by connecting those insights with the central problems of ecotourism, it argues that in the Anthropocene – an era of sweeping changes to the geo-biosphere – a romanticized view of the ecotourism locale as pristine or grand is outdated, and a (re)evaluation of non-human nature, based on its rarity and fragility, as well as dynamism and complexity, is required. Relevant frameworks from Long-Term Ecological Research and landscape ecology are introduced and a checklist for praxis is proposed. It is posited that this conceptual reordering is necessary for developing ecotourism a viable tool for nature conservation.