World Bank2013-02-272013-02-272010-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12549Sri Lanka's ten-year development framework aims at accelerating economic growth while ensuring a path of sustainable development and prioritizing conservation of the country's natural heritage. It is in this context that this policy note seeks to examine the scope for enhancing protection of Sri Lanka's natural assets through nature based tourism as an instrument for conservation with a specific focus on elephant conservation. This study identifies development opportunities that increase tourism revenues and offers an assessment of the human/elephant conflict, which is the primary impediment to long term elephant conservation.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACTION PLANAGRICULTURAL LANDSAMPHIBIANAMPHIBIAN SPECIESAMPHIBIANSANATOMYANCIENT CITYASIAN ELEPHANTASIAN ELEPHANTSATTRACTIVE TOURIST DESTINATIONBEACHBEACHESBEARBENEFIT SHARINGBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIOLOGICAL RESOURCESBIOLOGISTBIOMASSBIRDBOTANICAL GARDENSBUFFER ZONESBURN AGRICULTURECAMPING FACILITIESCARRYING CAPACITYCHARISMATIC SPECIESCONSERVATIONCONSERVATION AREASCONSERVATION EFFORTSCONSERVATION GOALSCONSERVATION MEASURESCONSERVATION OF NATURALCONSERVATION PRIORITYCONSUMER SATISFACTIONCONTINGENT VALUATIONCROP DAMAGECROP LOSSESCROP RAIDINGCULTIVATED AREASCULTIVATED LANDCULTURAL AREASCULTURAL ATTRACTIONSCULTURAL SITESDENSE VEGETATIONDENSITY OF ELEPHANTSDESTINATIONSDETERMINANTSDISCOUNT RATEDRY SEASONECOLOGICAL SERVICESECONOMIC IMPACTS OF TOURISMECONOMIC INCENTIVESECOSYSTEMSECOTOURISMECOTOURISM INDUSTRYELASTICITYELEPHANTELEPHANT CONFLICTELEPHANT CONSERVATIONELEPHANT DUNGELEPHANT HABITATELEPHANT NUMBERSELEPHANT RANGEELEPHANTSEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEENDEMIC SPECIESENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTEXCURSIONSEXOTIC BIRDSEXTINCTIONFAUNAFENCEFENCESFERTILITYFIELD STAFFFIREFISHFISHINGFLAGSHIP SPECIESFLOCKFLORAFOLIAGEFOREIGN TOURISTSFORESTFOREST COVERFOREST DEPARTMENTFOREST HABITATSFOREST LANDFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST RANGEFOREST RESERVEFOREST RESERVESFORMS OF TOURISMFRAGMENTATIONGENETICGENETIC DIVERSITYGLOBAL BIODIVERSITYGRASSLANDHABITAT DEGRADATIONHABITATSHIGH DENSITYHOTELHOTELSHUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICTHUMAN POPULATIONIMPACT OF TOURISMIMPACTS OF TOURISMINDIVIDUAL TRAVELINTERNATIONAL TOURISTINTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALSINTERNATIONAL TOURISTSINTERNATIONAL TRAVELERSINTERNATIONAL VISITORSIRREVERSIBLE LOSSISSUESLAND AREALAND USELEOPARDLEOPARDSLIVESTOCKLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL TOUR OPERATORSLONG-TERM SURVIVALLOSS OF BIODIVERSITYMARINE BIODIVERSITYMIGRATIONMUSEUMSNATIONAL PARKNATIONAL PARK SYSTEMNATIONAL PARKSNATURAL ASSETSNATURAL CAPITALNATURAL FORESTSNATURAL HERITAGENATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL SITESNATURAL VEGETATIONNATURENATURE RESERVENATURE TOURISMNATURE TRAILSNET PRESENT VALUEPACKAGE TOURPACKAGED TOURSPARK MANAGEMENTPLANTPOOR LAW ENFORCEMENTPREFERENCESPROTECTED AREASQUALITY OF INTERPRETATIONRAINFALLRECREATIONRED LISTREFUGEREMOTE AREASREPTILEREPTILESRESERVESRESTAURANTSROADSAFARISAFARISSANCTUARYSECONDARY FORESTSSETTLEMENTSSHIFTING CULTIVATIONSPECIES OF PLANTSSTEWARDSHIPSTREAMSSUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE TOURISMTAXTAX REVENUETOUR OPERATORSTOURISMTOURISM ACTIVITIESTOURISM ASSETTOURISM BUSINESSTOURISM DEMANDTOURISM DEVELOPMENTTOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITYTOURISM EMPLOYMENTTOURISM EXPERIENCETOURISM INDUSTRYTOURISM OPPORTUNITIESTOURISM POTENTIALTOURISM REVENUETOURISM REVENUESTOURISM SECTORTOURISM STRATEGYTOURISTTOURIST ACTIVITIESTOURIST ATTRACTIONTOURIST DEMANDTOURIST EXPERIENCETOURIST MARKETTOURISTSTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTTRAVEL AGENTSTRAVEL PACKAGESTRAVELERSTRIPTRIP CHARACTERISTICSTRIPSTRUEUNCERTAINTYUNIQUE BIODIVERSITYVACATIONVARIETYVEGETATIONVEHICLEVEHICLESVILLAGESVISITORVISITOR ACTIVITIESVISITOR EXPERIENCEVISITOR INFORMATIONVISITOR SATISFACTIONVISITORSWEALTHWET SEASONWILD ANIMALWILD ANIMALSWILD ELEPHANTSWILDLIFEWILDLIFE CONSERVATIONWILDLIFE PARKSWILLINGNESS TO PAYWORLD HERITAGEWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/12549