This study explores shifts since the mid-1990s in the values the public places on wilderness. Public views of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) were compared from national surveys conducted in 1994 and 2000. Results show that while more people in 2000 were aware of the NWPS, this increase in awareness has not created greater support for additional wilderness acreage. Levels of ...

Like conservation-induced displacement, human-wildlife conlict (HWC) has potentially negative implications for communities in and around protected areas. While the ways in which displacement emerges from the creation of ‘wilderness’ conservation landscapes are well documented, how the production of ‘wilderness’ articulates with intensiications in HWC remains under examined both empirically and ...

this study is based on a survey for study the importance of ghale shadab prohibited hunting area (gspha), 3o km north of dezful in khuzestan province, in perspective of stakeholders with emphasis on tourism. all of the stakeholders divided in three group including tourists, local communities and organizations. a total of 750 respondents were interviewed representing different socio-economic and...

ENVS110 Wildlife in Our Time The modern conservation movement developed from concerns over the loss of wilderness and the extinction of species through exploitation. As a result, the welfare of individual, wild animals has not been a focus of our conservation practices. Instead we have tended to focus on the health of populations, preservation of species, and overall biodiversity. In light of h...

This paper reviews the body of literature on recreation resource impacts and their management in the United States, with a primary focus on research within designated wildernesses during the past 15 years since the previous review (Cole 1987b). Recreation impacts have become a salient issue among wilderness scientists, managers and advocates alike. Studies of recreation impacts, referred to as ...