Tourisme et aires protégées du littoral : le cas de la façade atlantique française

Abstract

This paper refers to the conceptual and practical basis of nature-based tourism in France under a specific focus : the case of the trench atlantic coastline (from Brittany to Aquitaine). It specially deals with the closer interrelationship that bind protected areas and nature-based tourism. This approact is, first of all, a historical one : the implementation of protected areas was set in motion in the early 1960's and 1970's under the pressure of small but dedicated groups of ornithologist Non-profit organisations, superseded by government administrations (especially by the Conservatoire de l'espace littoral, which is the tench masterminder in coastline protection) conceived the accessibility to the coast as a condition of social justice and bolded coastal protection through environmental education and management Later, environmental education programs gives the way to a more «realistic» vision of territorial management In the present economic environment support for heritage and shoreline preservation comes merely from the local planners, and the visit of the natural places is seen as a tool for touristic promotion and communication.

The organization of scuba diving sites in France: a public and sectoral environmental management of the maritime public domain?

“…La fréquentation touristique et récréative du littoral pose de nombreuses questions quant aux problèmes d'impacts sur l'environnement et sur les territoires et quant aux modalités de gestion de l'emprise touristique et de ses effets sur les espaces naturels (Knafou, 1992 ;Cazes, 1992 ;Deprest, 1997 ;Pinot, 1998 ;Baron-Yelles, 2001 ;Brigand et Peuziat, 2005). A ce sujet, la plongée sousmarine de loisir, considérée comme une activité de découverte du monde sous-marin, peut avoir des conséquences directes, par « effet-boomerang » (Ribera-Siguan, 1992) sur la faune et la flore marines (Van Treeck et Schuhmacher, 1999 ;Bellan et Bellan-Santini, 2001).…”