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Ecotourism as a sustainable way to protect nature 3.2. Ecotourism and wildlife in Kruger National Park..................................... 57 3.2.1. Introduction ........................................................................................ 57 3.2.2. South African National Parks Management........................................ 60 3.2.3. Tourists and their expectations............................................................ 63 3.2.4. Wildlife in Kruger National Park ....................................................... 64 3.2.5. Human influence on the wildlife ......................................................... 64 3.2.6. Tourism/Mining: An African economic dilemma............................... 66 3.2.7. Conservation/tourism .......................................................................... 67 3.2.8. Social problems ................................................................................... 68 3.2.9. Conclusions ......................................................................................... 69 4. DISCUSSION................................................................................................. 71 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS………………………81 REFERENCE .................................................................................................... 82 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................ 88 4
Ecotourism as a sustainable way to protect nature 1. INTRODUCTION Over time, huge areas of forest and other nature territories have been cleared for a number of purposes such as resource exploitation, settlement, industry and agriculture. Once 62,203,000 square kilometres of the planet was covered by forest, now 54% of the original forest has been cleared (World Resources Institute, 2002). Every year at least 16 million additional hectares fall to axe, torch, bulldozer or chain saw. This is a serious problem, particularly in the tropics (World Resources Institute, 2002). Many species of plants and (a) (b) Figure 1: Formerly (a) and current (b) forest cover. ww.globalforestwatch.org animals are now endangered or even extinct. It is important to protect and conserve biodiversity. 5
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