Final Exam (TPC 111)

Coral reefs are major tourist attractions because they provide the basis for water-based recreation, such as diving, snorkeling, fishing, and glass bottom-boat touring.

They include various ecosystems, namely beech forests, mangrove forests, estuaries bays, coral reefs, seagrass beds, and open and deep seas.

These are places set aside for native biota to survive and flourish amidst human growth and encroachment.

“Areas of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the maintenance of biological diversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means".

Protected areas may only be owned or administered by governments.

Which government agency administers the management of protected areas in the Philippines?

Identify whether the activities listed below belong to consumptive or non-consumptive use of wildlife for recreation.

In this setting of wildlife tourism, risks to the safety of tourists are high.

In this setting of wildlife tourism, animal welfare/rights issues are high.

In this setting of wildlife tourism, the types of tourists are usually small and special interest groups may require specialist service and may be willing to pay more for the experience. 

In this setting of wildlife tourism, the types of tourists are usually mass tourists and general interest groups.

In this setting of wildlife tourism, the types of tourists are usually small and special interest groups may require specialist service and may be willing to pay more for a more wildlife encounter

This refers to the type of wildlife tourism that uses wildlife for recreation involves the capture or killing of animals.

This refers to the type of wildlife tourism in which recreational activities are undertaken with no deliberate intent to kill or interfere with wildlife.

A direct impact on wildlife that results in disruption to courtship, nesting, nursing, brooding, and reduced reproductive rate.