Critical Issues in Ecotourism seeks to shake the current stagnant literature on the subject of ecotourism out of a state of complacency. Drawing upon emerging insights provided by pre-eminent scholars in the field it identifies and comprehensively addresses current critical issues.

Chapter 1 Ecotourism: competing and conflicting schools of thought, James Higham; Part 1 Generic Issues in Ecotourism; Chapter 2 Definition Paradoxes: From concept to definition, Peter Björk; Chapter 3 Ecotourism as a western construct, Erlet Cater; Chapter 4 Ecotourism and global environmental change, Stefan Gössling; Chapter 5 Ecotourism, energy use, and the global climate: widening the local perspective, Susanne Becken, Matthias Schellhorn; Chapter 6 Biosecurity and ecotourism, C. Michael Hall; Chapter 7 Ecotourism: pondering the paradoxes, James Higham, Michael Lück; Chapter 8 Against the current: striving for ethical ecotourism, Agnes M. Nowaczek, Cesar Moran-Cahusac, David A. Fennell; Chapter 9 The role of sustainable tourism in international development: prospects for economic growth, alleviation of poverty and environmental conservation, Megan Epler Wood; Chapter 10 Ecotourism and gender issues, Regina Scheyvens; Chapter 11 Ecotourism, CSR, and the fourth dimension of sustainability, Pamela Wight; Part 2 Critical issues in ecotourism policy, planning and management; Chapter 12 Scaling ecotourism: the role of scale in understanding the impacts of ecotourism, C. Michael Hall; Chapter 13 Defining critical habitats: the spatio-ecological approach to managing tourism-wildlife interactions, James Higham, David Lusseau; Chapter 14 Ecotourism and wildlife habituation, Eric J. Shelton, James Higham; Chapter 15 Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation in Asia: institutional challenges and opportunities, Janet Cochrane; Chapter 16 Indigenous ecotourism: conservation and resource rights, Heather Zeppel; Chapter 17 Indigenous perspectives on ecotourism in Nepal: the Ghale Kharka-Sikles and Sirubari experience, Sanjay K. Nepal; Chapter 18 China: ecotourism and cultural tourism, harmony or dissonance?, Trevor Sofield, Fung Mei Sarah Li; Chapter 19 Ecotourism certification: potential and challenges, Xavier Font; Chapter 20 Negotiating the obstacles: owner/operator perspectives on 'nature' tourism in New Zealand, Anna Carr; Chapter 21 Ecotourism: which school of thought should prevail?, James Higham;