Nature based tourism and conservation : new economic insights and case studies pt. 1. Background pt. 2. Tourism protected areas and nature conservation pt. 3. Particular wildlife species or groups of species as tourist attractions pt. 4. This study in retrospect. Nature based Tourism and Conservation unearths new or neglected principles relevant to tourism and recreational economics environmental valuation and economic theory. Its three parts have chapters on nature based tourism and its relationships to conservation including case studies dealing with the consequences of World Heritage listing of natural sites Antarctic subtropical and tropical national park based tourism and an NGOs conservation efforts modelled on ecotourism. The final part focuses on tourism utilizing particular wildlife including sea turtles whales penguins royal albatross glow worms and tree kangaroos