The document discusses the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS). It provides information on who they are, what they do in terms of developing knowledge through publications, building capacity, and networking. Their structure includes different committees focused on strategy, communities, biodiversity, economics, knowledge development, capacity building, and communication. The importance of nature-based tourism and sustainable development is discussed. Financial and economic impacts of COVID-19 on nature-based tourism are also summarized.

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www.iucn.org/commissions/world-commission-protected-areas/our-work/tourism-tapas/

3. Who we are
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
(WCPA) Specialist Group
Voluntary technical network
Specialists on tourism and protected areas and
areas of particular importance to biodiversity

4. What we do - knowledge
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Protected Areas and Conservation
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The World Conservation Union
Sustainable Tourism
in Protected Areas
Guidelines for Planning
and Management
Paul F. J. Eagles, Stephen F. McCool
and Christopher D. Haynes
Adrian Phillips, Series Editor
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www.iucn.org/commissions/world-
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tourism-tapas/resources

5. Finance-related knowledge
www.iucn.org/commissions/world-commission-protected-areas/our-work/tourism-tapas/resources

6. What we do – build capacity
www.iucn.org/commissions/world-
commission-protected-areas/our-work/
tourism-tapas/resources

7. What we do – network

8. Our structure
Strategy and fundraising: Anna Spenceley (Chair)
Communities & Heritage: Sue Snyman (Vice chair)
Biodiversity: Yu-Fai Leung
Economics: Barbara Engels
Knowledge development: Thiago Souza
Capacity building: Kelly Bricker
Membership: Sergey Shirokiy
Communication: Isabelle Rohan
IUCN focal point: Giulia Carbone

9. The importance of nature-based tourism
& sustainable development
Prior to the pandemic (Balmford et al, 2015):
• 8 billion visits to protected areas p/a
• USD 600 bn direct in-country expenditure p/a
• USD 250 bn consumer surplus p/a

10. 21.8 million jobs are supported by wildlife tourism
Global wildlife tourism generates 5 x more revenue than the
illegal wildlife trade (WTTC, 2019)

13. Financial and economic impacts
National Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm

14. http://appsolutelydigital.com/nbt/filters.html

15. COVID-19 and nature-based tourism

16. Operator’s most immediate concerns
% of responses
n=544 responses (Question 26)
Percentages are given as a proportion of responses to each option
Version: 28 July 2020

17. Anticipated level of change in
environmental crime in operator’s areas
as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
Percentage of responses
n=499 responses (Question 27)
+ 100% reported by 13.2%
+ 46.6% on average
Version: 28 July 2020

18. Likely change in local environmental services expenditure
(e.g. security, anti-poaching, park or concession fees etc.)
Local environmental spending in the previous completed financial year:
• Local spend represented 54.0% of the total
• Local value - Average: USD 161,034 Total: USD 57,650,342
n=369 responses (Question 22)
Likely % change this financial year
• n=388 responses (Question 23)
• Note: All respondents reporting +75% were contacted to verify their responses. Some, but
not all, changed their response to a negative figure. It is therefore possible that some the
outstanding respondents in the +75% category also intended a negative figure.
Percentage of responses
- 100% reported by 11.3%
- 36.1% on average
Version: 28 July 2020

19. COVID-19 and sustainable tourism:
Information resources and links
G. Rampolla, 2020
+ 600 resources
resilience & recovery - market intelligence – impacts – virtual tours
https://annaspenceley.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/covid-19-and-sustainable-
tourism/

20. https://annaspenceley.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/covid-19-and-sustainable-tourism/

21. https://parksjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Hockings-et-al-10.2305-IUCN.CH_.
2020.PARKS-26-1MH.en_-1.pdf
Emerging scenarios
Scenario 1: Return to normal
Scenario 2: Global depression & decline
in conservation & protection
Scenario 3: A new transformative
relationship with nature
3 phases of action
1. Rescue: Immediate emergency
response to cushion the shock
2. Recover: plan to overcome damaging
effects of COVID-19
3. Rebuild stronger, starting now: put
protected and conserved areas on a
more secure/effective trajectory

22. www.conservation.cam.ac.uk/files/waldron_report_30_by_30_publish.pdf
• Financial analysis showed that
expanding PAs to 30% would
generate higher overall output
(revenues) than non-expansion (an
extra $64 billion-$454 billion per
year by 2050)
• Economic analysis focused on forests
and mangroves. For those biomes
alone, the 30% target had an
avoided-loss value of $170-$534
billion per year by 2050
• Economic growth in the PA/nature
sector (at 4-6%) was also many times
faster than the 1% growth expected
in competing sectors

23. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1275-6
“The COVID-19 crisis threatens conservation
efforts in Africa with a ‘perfect storm’ of
reduced conservation funding, depleted
management capacity, collapse of community-
based natural resource management enterprises,
and elevated threats”
Actions:
1. Manage immediate crisis
2. Defend against future disease outbreaks
3. Address systematic flaws in conservation
4. Increase the resilience of conservation