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Unit # 5 Topic: Ecotourism , Sustainable Development,Code of Behaviour for Tourists,Ecological Footprint

If you have any questions about this assignment phone Mr. Spencer or send a message via e-mail. Each of your answers should be in sentence form and include a portion of the question. Copy down the headings for each section. Refer to your Textbook: Canada Travels: Issues and Destinations by Graham Draper, Wayne Andrew, Lew French, Ethel Johnston and Todd Pottle, Irwin Publishing-Thomson Nelson, Toronto, 2002, ISBN: 0-7725-2908-6

Strand: Human-Environment Interactions

Ecotourism and the Natural Environment

1. (page 344) Define the term biodiversity. 2. (page 344) Define the term ecological footprint. 3. (page 344) Define the term ecotourism. 4. (page 345) Define the term ethical travel. 5. (page 345) Define the term green space. 6. (page 346) Define the term poaching.

7. (page 347) Define the term stakeholders.

8. (page 347) Define the term sustainable.

9. (page 347) Define the term sustainable tourism.

10. (page 347) Define the term wildlife corridor.

11. (page 64) List five (5) benefits of tourism to natural places.

12. (page 64) List four (4) examples of destructive activity caused by humans in natural spaces.

13. (page 64) The action words "protecting" and "responsible" are important parts of ecotourism. Explain.

14. (page 65) Examine Figure 3.8. Create an organizer chart in your notebook for the selected endangered spaces as shown below. Describe the reasons for the threats to the following endangered spaces:

15. (page 65) List four (4) things a typical ecotourist is interested in doing.

16. (page 70) Why are wildlife corridors important to the protection of Costa Rica's natural environments? Explain.

17. (page 90)
a) What do many environmentalists believe about natural spaces? Why? Explain.
b) See page 345 and define the term intrinsic value.

18. (page 90) Direct tourist spending supports businesses and services in tourist destinations. Describe two (2) other benefits of tourism to the local people.

19. (page 91) Explain how indirect tourist spending benefits the whole region.

20. (page 93) How can tourist industries ensure that tourism continues and that natural environments remain as natural as possible? Explain.

World Heritage Sites

21. (page 87)
a) What are World Heritage Sites (WHS)?
b) Who are World Heritage Sites belong to ?

22. (page 87) List the five (5) criteria necessary for a site to be designated as a World Heritage Site.

World Heritage Sites
Visit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) web site for World Heritage Sites at < http://whc.unesco.org/en/about >.
23. List three (3) things countries (States Parties) are encouraged to do once they sign the World Heritage Convention document?

Visit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) list of World Heritage Sites. Many of these sites are attractions for tourists, researchers and students. <http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/>
24. Copy down the following sentence and fill in the blanks.
The World Heritage Site list includes a total of ______ properties including ______ cultural, ______ natural and _____ mixed properties from around the world. Canada has a total of ________ World Heritage Sites and the United States of America has a total of ________ World Heritage Sites.

25. Select one (1) other country and provide the total number World Heritage Sites.

Visit the World Heritage in Danger List web site at < http://whc.unesco.org/en/danger >
26. Select one site that is on the danger list. Click on the link to that site. Name the site and country location and write very brief jot notes to describe the threats to this World Heritage Site.

 

Sustaining Urban Tourism

27. (page 134) What are three (3) benefits of tourism to urban cities?

28. (page 134) City leaders must be able to respond to the needs and expectations of the growing number of tourists and at the same time consider the interests of tourists. List three (3) considerations for developing and managing tourism.

Web Research Questions

For the following questions, log onto the Internet here: <http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/travel/ecotourism>

Finding Words on a Web Page To find a word listed on a web page, do the following on your computer keyboard: Windows computer users "Press Ctrl (Control) "F". Enter the word. Press "Find Next" button. Macintosh computer users "Press Apple key "F". Enter the word. Press "Find Next" button.

The World Ecotourism Summit
29. Copy down the following statement...

"A group of over 3000 people from around the world gathered in Quebec City from May 19-22, 2002 for the World Ecotourism Summit. They wrote down guidelines to help governments and businesses promote, manage and control the ecotourism industry around the world."

30. Visit <http://www.world-tourism.org/sustainable/IYE/quebec/anglais/declaration.html>.
This document was written at the World Ecotourism Summit. What is the title? In which region and country was this summit held?

31. Do a page FIND search for the word "responsibility" on the web page from question 25.. Copy out the rest of the statement from the web site
"Recognize that visitors have a responsibility to.......

NGO's Take Action
An NGO is a non governmental organization that is funded by citizen and business donations. Governments are not involved in funding or running these organizations. Many volunteers contribute time and expertise towards the cause of the NGO. We will briefly examine three NGO's that are helping reduce the human impact on the environment.

The World Wildlife Fund is based in Switzerland with offices in many countries
Visit <http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/index.cfm>
32. a) Look in the top left margin under "What We Do". List the six (6) areas that The World Wildlife Fund helps.
b) Click on one of these areas and describe one of the issues where the World Wildlife Fund is helping.

Visit < http://wwf.ca/HowYouCanHelp/CNTowerClimb/default.asp>
c) Describe the fund raising event that was held to help the World Wildlife Fund Canada.

Greenpeace was formed by a Canadian and has offices throughout the world.
Visit <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns>
33. List the eight (8) campaigns that Greenpeace has set up to tackle global issues.

34. Visit < http://www.earthday.org/about/faq.aspx >

a) On which date is Earth Day celebrated each year?

b) What can you do for earth day?

Visit <http://www.earthday.ca/pub/about/organization.php>

c) Describe the mission of Earth Day Canada.

Your Ecological Footprint
35. Visit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_footprint

a) Define the term ecological footprint

b) Name the person and their country who coined (invented) the term. ecological footprint.

Calculate your ecological footprint in metric units using the online Earth Day Ecological Footprint Quiz. Your ecological footprint shows how much you impact the environment. The less the better.

b) Answer the questions by visiting here <http://www.myfootprint.org/>

c) Print out the final page showing your score and hand in with this assignment.

d) Why should every Canadian complete the ecological footprint exercise? Explain with reference to the environment.

Code of Behaviour for Tourists
Visit < http://www.ec.gc.ca/envirozine/english/issues/20/feature3_e.cfm >

36. Copy down the Canadian definition of ecotourism. (See "Ecotourism is regarded as ...").

37. List five (5) things travellers can do before leaving and once at the destination that can be classed as ecotourism.

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