Montecastello Di Vibio, Italy 30th March - 4th April 1995
CONTENTS
Page 3 Summary
4 Acknowledgements
5 Introduction
7 1 Opening and close of the workshop
7 2 Organisation and conduct of the workshop
7 3 Overview of current situation
8 4 Adoption of agenda
8 5 Impacts
8 5. 1 Measuring the impacts of whale watching
9 5.2 Measurement parameters
11 5.3 Linking short-term and long-term effects
12 5.4 Designing research programmes on whale watching: suggestions for methodology
12 5.5 Short-term impacts: experimental versus observational approaches to designing studies
16 5.6 Existing long-term studies
16 5.7 Other studies - reactions of terrestrial mammals to human activities
15 5.8 Planning long-term studies: examples and methodology
20 5.9 Causal links between measurable short-term impacts and possible long-term impacts
22 6 Recommendations
22 6.1 Scientific framework to guide the formulation of rules
27 6.2 Other scientific issues
28 7 Any other business
29 8 Adoption of Report
31 9 References
32 Appendix 1 List of participants
36 Appendix 2 Agenda
37 Appendix 3 List of working papers
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