Challenges for Sustainable Management of Protected Areas Tourism

1. Challenges for Sustainable Management of Protected Areas Tourism PhD in Geography Harald Schaller 07.05.2013

2. Personal background Work and education Previous Projects PhD project Theme Pillars Future Table of Content

3. Personal Background • Born and raised Bavarian (not barbarian ) • Work and Education • Secondary school • Apprenticeship as a sales representative • Work as Project and Product manager for a midsize company in Germany • Specialized secondary school

4. Personal Background • Previous Projects • Industrial Engineering at the Hof University of Applied Sciences in Germany – Exchange: Iceland • Thesis: Variation Management at the Technical Sales Department of Loewe Opta GmbH • Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Iceland – Exchange: Japan • Thesis: Dealing with Volcanic Terrains: Conflict, Communication, and Consensus Building among Stakeholders of Protected Areas in Iceland and Japan.

5. Personal Background • Publication of Results ISBN: 978-3-8465-5963-5

6. PhD Project

7. PhD Project • Theme • Northern periphery tourism • Ecologically sensitive areas • Aim • to increase the knowledge and understanding of management challenges towards sustainable tourism in ecological vulnerable protected areas • Outline: 4 pillars

8. PhD Project • 1st Pillar: Literature Study • What has been the development of protected area management over the last 20 years • Two case studies: Vatnajökull NP (Iceland) and Daisetsuzan NP (Japan) • How does “theory” and “reality” meet?

9. PhD Project

10. PhD Project • 2nd Pillar: Actors network at protected areas • Specific Aim: analyzing stakeholders’ role within the management of sustainable tourism in PAs by mapping all actors and their strengths and weaknesses • Who are the stakeholders, what is their connection, what is the information they share, and in which direction

11. PhD Project • Stakeholders vs. Actors

12. PhD Project • 3rd Pillar: Visitor impact assessment • Assess potential environmental impacts from visitors in PAs by: • 1. evaluate how trampling influences ecological sustainability • 2. examine tourist guide opinion of tourism environmental impact in PA of Iceland • 3. explore how information on visitors impact reach stakeholders

13. (c) Hıdır Celep 2012

14. PhD Project (Tomczyk, 2011)

15. PhD Project • Methods: Overview • Combination of: • Environmental sensitivity of the areas • Assessment of major hiking trails • Case Studies • Iceland (northern part of Vatnajökull NP) • Japan (Daisetsuzan NP and Mt. Tarumae) • Research Interest: • Easy-to-use method • Climate parameter, environmental sensitivity analysis, and the assessment of hiking trails?

16. PhD Project • Methods: Details • Foundation of the Environmental Sensitivity • Ecological Sensitivity Analysis • ecological parameters: top soil, vegetation, slope angle • Extension: inclusion of climate parameters • Temperature and humidity • Assessment of Hiking Trails • continuous sampling interval (100m) • Trail Width & Trails Impact Zone • Trail Depth; Vegetation Change; Erosion

17. Results: Iceland

18. Results: Japan

19. PhD project • 4th Pillar: Stakeholders complexity assessment • Explore the role and relationship between different stakeholders as regard tourism management in protected areas by: • 1. assess opinion of different stakeholders about nature conservation, tourism development and visitor impact • 2. use system dynamic and resilience concepts to analyse the complex interrelationship between the different stakeholders (based on results in other pillars)

20. PhD Project • Future • Expansion of research to other national parks • Implementation of results in the management of the Vatnajökull NP and other national parks • Any questions? Comments? Did I loose everyone already?