Tourism based on natural environments is a huge international industry and this industry needs access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. In turn, land managers need money to maintain their land and its natural resources. This book looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts,between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies. Born from the Fenner conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, held in Canberra, Australia, 2001, the book includes selected proceedings which have been refereed and substantially revised. INDICE The practice and politics of tourism and land management, R Buckley Nature-based tourism and sustainability: issues and approaches in nature tourism, C Pickering and D Weaver Sustainable tourism: world trends and challenges ahead, E Yunis, Sustainable Development of Tourism, World Organization, Capitan Haya 41,28020 Madrid, Spain Private reserves: the Conservation Corporation Africa model, L Carlisle, Conservation Corporation Africa, PO Box 966, White River, 1240 South Africa Applying public purpose marketing in the US to protect relationships with public land, A Watson, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Montana, USA and W Borrie, University of Montana, USA The financial liability of parks managers for visitor injuries, J McDonald, Griffith University, Australia Visitor fees, tour pnterests and land management agencies. Born from the Fenner conference ermits, and asset and risk management by parks agencies: Australian case study, R Buckley et al The net economic benefits of recreation and timber production in selected new south wales native forests, J Ward, Griffith University, Australia Moving nearer to heaven: growth & change in the Greater Yellowstone Region, USA, J Johnson et al, Montana State University, USA Visitor impact data in a land management context, R Buckley and N King, Gr