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Eco-Tourism In Ireland

  • 01-07-2012 1:14pm
    #1
    Crann na Beatha
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    Have the government promoted eco-tourism effectively? 14 votes

    Have done enough
    0% 0 votes
    havent done enough
    7% 1 vote
    I dont care
    85% 12 votes
    atari jaguar
    7% 1 vote


Comments

  • #2
    Judgement Day
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    I would prefer to see some serious funding of new reserves etc. before promoting the country for eco-tourism. The reintroduction programmes are a bit of an embarrassment (to me anyway) given the contribution of some in the farming community. But, of course, we should promote the country as an eco tourism destination.


  • #3
    Desmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Desmo


    My gut feeling is that a lot of promotion of this kind to date has been a load of ehhhh hype. You see stufff about our pristine environment when we have a big problem with water quality and protection of vulnerable habitats and species. The worst example, I saw recently was a leaflet with an (American) bald eagle on it. We actually play on and promote the environment a lot and a lot more than the actual environmental quality merits.

    Des


  • #4
    robp
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,934 ✭✭✭robp


    Judgement Day wrote: »
    I would prefer to see some serious funding of new reserves etc. before promoting the country for eco-tourism. The reintroduction programmes are a bit of an embarrassment (to me anyway) given the contribution of some in the farming community. But, of course, we should promote the country as an eco tourism destination.

    I whole heartily agree with you. I would like to see a lot more connectivity between reserves. Obviously money is a massive issue now but I think volunteers are underused. I am impressed by the recent Wildlife Trust scheme’ SAC Watch’. Its great example of local people taking reasonability and making things happen like helping biodiversity on SACs.

    If we could see better implementation of measures for environmental concerns on conifer plantations (e.g. more mature trees left to grow, more deadwood for wildlife) there is a vast amount of public and private land which could have added value without significant extra cost.

    Where does the best potential for eco-tourism lie? Whale watching? That’s one of the rare ‘good’ areas as so much of the terrestrial fauna and flora is improvised compared to continental Europe.


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