Wolf Benefits
- Wolf Benefits
- Wolf Ecotourism
Wolves are like tigers and lions in that they can generate income for the local economy and help pay for themselves through a well organised wolf ecotourism.
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Wolf Ecotourism
Wolves have the ability to pay their way in the Scottish Highlands through wolf ecotourism.
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Ecotourism
Wolves are large charismatic animals, in the same league as elephants, tigers and whales.
People pay to experience and learn about these animals in the wild; the income goes to benefiting local communities and conserving wildlife and the environment. This is ecotourism.
Ecotourism is one of the fast growing sectors of tourism and tourism is one of the biggest industries in Britain and the world.
Wolf Ecotourism In The Highlands
Wolf ecotourism is experiencing and learning first hand about wolves and their world: their mystery and spirituality, their behaviour and ecology, customs, family life, prey and environment.
All this is set in a remote rugged Scottish Highland landscape, drenched in centuries of culture and history, enriching and enhancing the experience.
Hard Benefits Of Wolf Ecotourism
Wolves in the Highlands are an opportunity to increase employment and income in the region through wolf ecotourism.
Revenue from the Highland Wolf Centre's ecotourism could compensate farmers who lose livestock, and thus help maintain the wolf recovery in the Highlands. The compensation fund would transfer the economic recovery of wolves away from farmers to wolf supporters.
Working Wolves
Wolf, bear and lynx ecotourism is being developed in Europe, eg in the Carpathians by the Carpathian Large Carnivore Project. Also see the Ecovolunteer Program for their wolf working holidays (click on wolf species in the drop down menu).
Wolf ecotourism is well established in the US, with a number of wolf centres. In Minnesota, the International Wolf Center, dedicated to wolf conservation through public education and wolf ecotourism, grosses over a million dollars annually from all sources of income.
References
Ceballos-Lascurain H (1996): Tourism, ecotourism, and protected areas. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK.
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Defined by the Ecotourism Programme of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (Ceballos-Lascurain 1996). Ecotourism is:
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