Perception of Sustainability of Spanish National Parks: Public Use, Tourism and Rural Development

Calderón, Esteban Pérez; Prieto-Ballester, Jorge-Manuel; Miguel-Barrado, Vanessa; Montero, Patricia Milanés

doi:10.3390/su12041333

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“…Measuring ecological impacts (e.g., of forests products) is the main challenge in the certification auditing process (van der Ven and Cashore 2018 , DeFries et al 2007, Job et al 2017, Pérez-Calderón et al 2020). This concept is in line with the international management strategy (Joint Management committee) of the European old-growth beech network included in the UNESCO world heritage serial site, in which the nature conservation of over 100,000 hectares of natural forest is aligned with low ecological impact resource use of nearby buffer zones.…”

Section: Standard Of Certificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In protected areas, various forms of sustainable tourism are allowed. Sustainable tourism aims to promote the development of an area while ensuring its resources are not depleted for future generations by minimizing negative environmental impacts, maximizing positive socioeconomic effects and allowing for the even distribution of its benefits among the main stakeholders (Spangenberg 2002, Miller 2001, Mowforth and Munt 2003, Weaver 2006, 2010, Stoddard et al 2012, Tyrrell et al 2013, Molina-Azorín and Font 2016, Pérez-Calderón 2020. Environment, culture and society, and economy represent the three main dimensions of sustainability in tourism, the so-called "triple bottom line"65 (Farrell 1992, Elkington 1997, 1998, Boley and Uysal 2014.…”

Section: Introduction Ecotourism and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Toward the development of sustainable ecotourism in Italian national parks of the Apennines: insights from hiking guides

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Ferrari³

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National parks in mountain areas are biodiversity hotspots in which implementing the sustainability goals of Agenda 2030 is particularly urgent. Ecotourism provides an opportunity to convey bio-ecological and economic sustainability principles to the public, focusing on nature conservation and a reduction of the negative impacts of tourism. We investigated four national parks in the Apennines, Italy using the insights of hiking guides with park accreditation to assess sustainability issues. Multivariate analyses of questionnaires revealed that most of the interviewed hiking guides across the Apennines were sensitive toward the theme of sustainability. Limiting the ecological footprint of tourism was identified as the main challenge. Interesting feedback on management issues was given by hiking guides, indicating innovations such as food, waste-disposal management, accommodation, and transport as critical areas with the potential to impact sustainable development. Certification schemes were also recognized as an important tool with which to encourage ecologically responsible tourism. Hiking guides themselves revealed an interest in improving national parks' scientific communication and the provision of lifelong learning initiatives regarding old-growth forests and nature conservation. Overall, the research highlights the key role of hiking guides as an effective means of conveying conservation messaging to ecotourists, while also encouraging sustainable development and the adoption of agro-environmental measures on the part of local communities. Hiking guides could, therefore, contribute toward both improving cultural awareness of conservation issues and encouraging local, low-impact economic practices.

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Section: Standard Of Certificationmentioning

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Section: Introduction Ecotourism and Sustainabilitymentioning

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Toward the development of sustainable ecotourism in Italian national parks of the Apennines: insights from hiking guides

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Palli²,

Ferrari³

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“…Although, in general, the environmental component is the one that contributes most to local sustainability, in the municipalities in the Timanfaya and Teide NPs, it is the economic dimension that is the most relevant. This is because of the high income related to the ecosystem services provided by recreational uses [75].…”

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Proposal of a System for Assessment of the Sustainability of Municipalities (Sasmu) Included in the Spanish Network of National Parks and Their Surroundings

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It is usually considered that Protected Areas (PAs) are an efficient tool for policies to conserve biodiversity. However, there is evidence that some pressures and threats arise from processes taking place both inside them and in their surroundings territories—habitat loss, changes in land use, fragmentation of natural ecosystems. In this paper, we aim to test the hypothesis that municipalities located in the Socioeconomic Influence Zones (SIZs) of the fifteen National Parks (NPs) in Spain are more sustainable than those in their surroundings or, conversely, that the municipalities of their surroundings are more unsustainable. To measure their sustainability, we propose a system for assessment using fifteen indicators selected by experts. The methodology is based on the normalization of the data of each indicator, comparing them with a desirable target value defined in terms of sector policies and strategies. We then aggregate the indicators for each group in three indices that cover the classic dimensions of sustainability—environmental, economic and social. On a network scale, the results show that municipalities inside the SIZs are 1.594 points more sustainable environmentally, 0.108 economically and 0.068 socially than those of their surroundings. A system for assessment of the sustainability of municipalities (SASMU) may be a useful tool for NP managers, and for local and regional administrations, when setting priorities for policies, projects and compensation for regulatory restrictions related to NPs.

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“…It is true that tourist activity, in general, does not always mean sustainability for a region, as it could sometimes cause damage to the environment, but as agritourism is concerned, it promotes the idea of combining the economic interests with the sustainable development of communities, and also with the conservation of nature. Hence, starting from the consideration that sustainability encourages those actions that support the economic purposes of rural settlements, but with a strong emphasis on harmonious environmental principles, we can state, with the help of other specialists [28][29][30][41][42][43][44][45][46], that agritourism is, in our times, a chance perhaps to ensure both economic development of rural settlements and the "health" of the environment, in other words to achieve the sustainability of rural regions.…”

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Sustainability of Agritourism Activity. Initiatives and Challenges in Romanian Mountain Rural Regions

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Sustainability has become a priority in the last decades. If we consider rural regions, agritourism, an activity strongly related to local communities, represents an opportunity to ensure the sustainability of rural settlements and of the environment, and at the same time an innovative and diversifying possibility for the economic support of rural settlements. Many studies have shown that the sustainability trend of the current period can be achieved by combining rural and local resources and traditional products specific to the rural regions with tourist activities, the challenge being the revitalization of rural economy. A large number of Romanian mountain rural regions can provide opportunities for sustaining agritourism activity; some of them may succeed to capitalize on the niche characteristic of agritourism, and through appropriate and effective strategies to move from the pioneering stage to an economically and socially valuable chance for improving the living conditions from rural area and finally to ensure sustainable development of rural communities. This paper begins from the importance of agritourism for rural regions. It aims at identifying the current situation of the agritourism activity in three regions and at developing proposals that are based strictly on the specific needs of the regions. In our opinion, the implementation of these specific actions would represent future challenges and at the same time ways of supporting the sustainable development of agritourism activities and of local settlements.

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Perception of Sustainability of Spanish National Parks: Public Use, Tourism and Rural Development

Cited by 18 publications

References 51 publications

Toward the development of sustainable ecotourism in Italian national parks of the Apennines: insights from hiking guides

Toward the development of sustainable ecotourism in Italian national parks of the Apennines: insights from hiking guides

Proposal of a System for Assessment of the Sustainability of Municipalities (Sasmu) Included in the Spanish Network of National Parks and Their Surroundings

Sustainability of Agritourism Activity. Initiatives and Challenges in Romanian Mountain Rural Regions

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