Managing Conflict in Wilderness Areas

Key questions are:

How or why might protection conflict with economic development in wilderness areas?

How can such pressures be managed?

By whom & with what effect?

Swot upon:

The international organisations involved in wilderness mangement

National management organisations & stratagies

Different types of strategies (eg National Parks, Ecotourism, Designation as World Heritage sites & Global Treaties)

Need to be able to offer examples & evaluate the success of a range of different strategies*

*ties in with managing ecosystems!

The photograph shows trail builders in the Stoltmann Wilderness in BC, Canada.

The Wilderness Committe for Western Canada (a regional NGO) seeks 40% of WILDERNESS to be PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS!