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  • Interpretation reduces ecological impacts of visitors to World Heritage site

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    Littlefair, Carolyn
    Buckley, Ralf
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    Buckley, Ralf
    Year published
    2008
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    Minimal-impact interpretation is widely used to reduce the ecological impacts of visitors to protected areas. We tested whether verbal appeals and/or role-model demonstrations of minimal-impact behavior by a trained guide reduced noise, litter, and trampling impacts on hiking trails in a subtropical rainforest. Interpretation did reduce impacts significantly. Different interpretive techniques were more effective for different impacts. The experimental groups were mature, well-educated professionals; interpretation may differ in effectiveness for different visitors. Interpretation by skilled guides can indeed reduce visitor ...
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    Minimal-impact interpretation is widely used to reduce the ecological impacts of visitors to protected areas. We tested whether verbal appeals and/or role-model demonstrations of minimal-impact behavior by a trained guide reduced noise, litter, and trampling impacts on hiking trails in a subtropical rainforest. Interpretation did reduce impacts significantly. Different interpretive techniques were more effective for different impacts. The experimental groups were mature, well-educated professionals; interpretation may differ in effectiveness for different visitors. Interpretation by skilled guides can indeed reduce visitor impacts in protected areas, especially if role modeling is combined with verbal appeals.
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    Journal Title
    Ambio
    Volume
    37
    Issue
    5
    Publisher URI
    https://www.kva.se/en/startsida
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1579/07-R-393.1
    Copyright Statement
    © 2008 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences From AMBIO, by Ralf Buckley, Carolyn Littlefair Reprinted by permission of Allen Press Publishing Services
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/21269
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