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Ecotourism as a sustainable way to protect nature respect to the environment and wildlife in general, it will be easier to protect and manage the national parks. It would not be necessary to clear any areas to satisfy the tourists, if they knew the consequences of the clearing. Because the greater awareness among tourists would make them understand why the animals are not always close by. Sighting animals is the main attraction in South Africa for researchers as well as for tourists and interested people in general. Binoculars could be a solution to sight birds and other animals from a distance without disturbing them. With respect to local community involvement, education and information are important. No matter how many mistakes were made in the past, there is no excuse for not giving the necessary information today. Anyway, it has been shown that educational programmes carried out in South Africa are really successful because native people are the first interested in preserving the wild. Information campaigns about mining and short-long-term activities should be carried out to show that tradition has not always been a very good solution. In this matter, African governments should be involved in international programmes. This will teach them how to manage the problems and what the solutions can be. Although, this measure will not be successful due to the most part of the world is getting energy from South African coal, but it is hopped that with the improvement of clean energies in the world, activities such as mining will disappear. In the future, African authorities should develop other sectors to protect the environment and to avoid future economical crisis as Europe has spent. About violence in Africa, democracy will be a step in the right direction. Improvement of the welfare state could contribute to solve this problem, although that is a long and hard work in Africa. The existence of democratic 70
Ecotourism as a sustainable way to protect nature space at the national level and freedom of association for all groups are crucial to the success of a locally based strategy of resource conservation. Revenues should be divided between different stakeholders, and the different stakeholders should have the opportunity to participate in the management and planning process of the National Park. The differences between a national park and other kinds of protected areas is on the social or human plan, where local people are supposed to be involved in the practical work, by receiving formation etc. This consideration is really important at the moment of understanding the problems that national parks have generated and generate nowadays. It is important to keep in mind that the definition of a national park, (eco)tourism can be a good way to collaborate with this kind of projects in economical and social terms. The concept of eco-tourism should be exposed to understand the very different levels that a national park and eco-tourism can be related to. 4. DISCUSSION Ecotourism as a way to protect nature… That is the headline of this project. But is ecotourism sustainable and what does sustainability mean Following the UNEP definition “Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people”, ecotourism has to be environmentally/ecologically sustainable, indicating that tourists should have no or very low impact on the ecosystem. The ecosystem should be unchanged. Following the definition it also attaches importance to cultural/social sustainability, which indicates that locals have to benefit economically from tourism to prevent conflict between locals and conservationists. 71
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