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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Managing Bushwalker Impacts in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Australia</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Bennett, Mark</span> and <span class="person_name">Kriwoken, Lorne</span> and <span class="person_name">Fallon, Liza</span> (2003) <xhtml:em>Managing Bushwalker Impacts in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Australia.</xhtml:em> International Journal of Wilderness, 9 (1). pp. 14-18. ISSN 1086-5519</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_3799' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2778/1/Managing_Bushwalker_Impact.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_3799' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_3799"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2778/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2778/1/Managing_Bushwalker_Impact.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />194Kb</td></tr></table><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">As recreational use of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area in Australia increases, associated
environmental impacts must be controlled. Tasmanian bushwalkers were surveyed to obtain their opinions and
attitudes toward potential tools to manage impact problems and an overnight permit system. There was support for
nine of the 11 potential tools, with most support for priority erosion control, track stabilization, and rerouting. Respondents did not support the introduction of an overnight walker permit system for the entire Tasmanian
Wilderness World Heritage Area, but did support a permit system if it was targeted at impacted areas.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Tasmania, wilderness, environmental impact, bushwalking, bushwalker, WHA, World Heritage Areas, Australia, permit system</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/300801.html">300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 300800 Environmental Sciences > 300801 Environmental Management and Rehabilitation</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2778</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Mr Vishnu Prahalad Nandagopalan</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">12 Feb 2008 09:22</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">12 Feb 2008 09:22</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2778;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2778">item control page</a></p>
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