Participating in a Citizen Science Monitoring Program: Implications for Environmental Education.

ABSTRACT: Tourism is of growing economical importance to many nations, in particular for developing countries. Although tourism is an important economic vehicle for the host country, its continued growth has led to on-going concerns about its environmental sustainability. Coastal and marine tourism can directly affect the environment through direct and indirect tourist activities. For these reasons tourism sector needs practical actions of sustainability. Several studies have shown how education minimizes the impact on and is proactive for, preserving the natural resources. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a citizen science program to improve the environmental education of the volunteers, by means of questionnaires provided to participants to a volunteer-based Red Sea coral reef monitoring

SUBMITTER: Branchini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4511791 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature