EIP Topic: 1.8 Balancing the protection and preservation of natural spaces (and natural systems) with increasing rates of tourism (and consumption) associated with tourism.

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EIP Topic: 1.8 Balancing the protection and preservation of natural spaces (and natural systems) with increasing rates of tourism (and consumption) associated with tourism.

Key Words

economy

preservation

consumerism

tourism

biodiversity

Central Issues

over consumption

money and stability

awareness

security

travel industry

Location

cities

popular cities with popular tourism that are large poluters or very expensive

London

New york

Japan

Beijing

Paris

arctic

North Pole

antarctica

Alaska

Greenland

forests

brazil and south america - rainforests

Canada - boreal forests

oceans and seas

tropic countries or ones with heavy water pressences

USA

Canada

caribbean

india

Australia

corals

merine biodiversity

Start State

if tourism is to continue it needs to become more sustainable and less of humans going to look at Beauty, and More Humans try to preserve it

other places have greatly failed and allowed for major human development in those areas and pollution

Some places have been doing a good job at keeping their tourism sustainable

Constraining Factors

human demographics in the area

cities

working population

factories and large producers

climate change and global wrming

impacts to migration and sustainability

pollution

temperature changes

travel industry

the cost of the industry supporting whole countries and the difficulties with that factor

environmental impact of moving people to and from places like tourist attractions

popularity of natural beauty and other attractions

animal and living, i.e safaris, "sanctuaries", zoos

man made attraction i.e wonders of the world, iconic cities

landforms i.e, volcanos, oceans, coral, national parks

consumerism

Subtopic

single use products

human desire for luxury

Action

protection laws

federal protected parks (i.e Yellowstone)

sustainable travel and tourism

things like packages where you can tour while also doing things like cleaning beaches or planting trees

"leave it as you found it" mindset

sustainability

non-desposable resournces or not one use resources

Worst Case Scenarios

destruction to very niche species

endangered species

pressure on the ecological pyramids of the area

loss of useable land and area

for man

for enviroment

destruction to habitats

collapse of ecosystems

soil erosion

fall of the industry

job losses and inflation in some places

some countries rely on tourism for the majority of their economy

irreversible damages to the natural environment and biodiversity

damage to country economy

death to a lot of things