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Research in natural products, not unlike many other fields of investigation, requires access to large amounts of prior experimental data relevant to specific projects. The most efficient method of identifying and analyzing these data currently employs computer handling of the information. The NAPRALERT database has been designed to meet this need relevant to the development of natural products. It has also been designed, through analysis of existing literature and its contained data, to provide a means to predictively identify taxonomic sources most promising from specific biological activities.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the phenomenon of digital amnesia and its influence on the future tourist. Design/methodology/approach A trend paper based on environmental scanning and speculative future analysis. Findings The phenomena of digital amnesia are established. The growth of digital platforms and the consumer’s reliance is exponential. The implications for the future tourist in terms of decision making, the influence of marketing messaging and potentially the recall and reimagining of authentic experience will be significant in the future. Practical implications Subject to the signals of change, should consumer’s reliance on digital platforms for the storing of information and memories continue to grow this has implications on how tourism businesses engage with their customers, influence and inform their marketing and how destinations would be reimagined based on the recall of their visitors. Originality/value The trend of digital amnesia is an established and well-documented phenomenon. The development of the trend to consider the implications for the future tourism industry based a growing dependence on digital platforms is the focus of this paper.

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Rehabilitation of degraded landscapes is generally regarded as the most appropriate objective. Occasionally, however, other aspects of the situation need to be considered and may lead to a different decision. This paper presents the case of the Appalachian Copper Basin, located mainly in south-eastern Tennessee, USA, which was degraded years ago as a result of copper mining and smelting. A brief history of the site is given, along with a review of some rehabilitative efforts. Discussion then turns to the way visitors and residents perceive this landscape, the impact these two viewpoints have had over the years, and how they have (or have not) changed. Landscape values are also examined, the interpretation of which largely determines a person's opinion toward rehabilitation. The point is made that some degraded landscapes can have value as degraded landscapes, in this instance now primarily historical and cultural. The current situation in the Copper Basin is summarized and an alternative course of action suggested. It is concluded that rehabilitation is not always the only, or even the most important, goal and that degraded landscapes of long standing sometimes require special consideration.