<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Ecotourism is able to contribute to biodiversity and to ensure the ecosystem function in Latvia through a complicated process of fulfilment of the established criteria for a valid ecotourism. The tourism flow in protected nature territories should be monitored, and the appropriate environmental management, education and a code of conduct need to be introduced. Ecotourism will serve for reducing the social and economic pressures on biodiversity and will promote responsible actions in support of environmentally friendly technologies and approaches. The areas selected for this study are the <italic>Natura 2000</italic> territories that have undertaken the development of ecotourism facilities.</p></abstract>

Ecotourism is able to contribute to biodiversity and to ensure the ecosystem function in Latvia through a complicated process of fulfilment of the established criteria for a valid ecotourism. The tourism flow in protected nature territories should be monitored, and the appropriate environmental management, education and a code of conduct need to be introduced. Ecotourism will serve for reducing the social and economic pressures on biodiversity and will promote responsible actions in support of environmentally friendly technologies and approaches. The areas selected for this study are the Natura 2000 territories that have undertaken the development of ecotourism facilities.

The Role of Ecotourism in the Reduction of Anthropogenic Load on <italic>Natura 2000</italic> Territories throughout Latvia

Faculty of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia

Environmental and Climate Technologies

The Role of Ecotourism in the Reduction of Anthropogenic Load on  Territories throughout Latvia

Ecotourism is able to contribute to biodiversity and to ensure the ecosystem function in Latvia through a complicated process of fulfilment of the established...

The Role of Ecotourism in the Reduction of Anthropogenic Load on Natura 2000 Territories throughout Latvia

Published Online: Jan 31, 2012

Page range: 79 - 86

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10145-011-0031-1

Keywords
Biodiversity, ecotourism, environmental management, protected nature territories

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