Editing Ecotourism (section)

=== Environmental hazards ===
The [[industrialization]], [[urbanization]] and [[agriculture|agricultural]] practices of human society are having a serious impact on the environment. Ecotourism is now also considered to be playing a role in environmental depletion including [[deforestation]], disruption of ecological life systems and various forms of [[pollution]], all of which contribute to [[environmental degradation]]. For example, the number of motor vehicles crossing a park increases as tour drivers search for rare species. The number of roads disrupts the grass cover, which has serious consequences on plant and animal species. These areas also have a higher rate of [[ecological disturbance|disturbances]] and [[invasive species]] due to increasing [[environmental impact of transport|traffic]] off of the beaten path into new, undiscovered areas.<ref name="Kamuaro2007">{{cite web |last1=Kamuaro |first1=Ole |title=Ecotourism: suicide or development? |url=https://www.un-ngls.org/orf/documents/publications.en/voices.africa/number6/vfa6.12.htm |website=Voices from Africa |publisher=[[United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service]] |access-date=17 November 2017 |date=2007 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044628/https://www.un-ngls.org/orf/documents/publications.en/voices.africa/number6/vfa6.12.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ecotourism also has an effect on species through the value placed on them. "Certain species have gone from being little known or valued by local people to being highly valued commodities. The [[commodification of nature|commodification of plants]] may erase their social value and lead to [[overproduction]] within protected areas. Local people and their images can also be turned into commodities".<ref name="West2006">{{cite book |last1=West |first1=Paige |title=Conservation is our government now : the politics of ecology in Papua New Guinea |date=2006 |publisher=[[Duke University Press]] |location=Durham |isbn=978-0822337492 |edition=2nd}}</ref> Kamuaro points out the relatively obvious contradiction that any commercial venture into unspoiled, pristine land inevitably means a higher pressure on the environment.<ref name="Kamuaro2007" /> The people who live in the areas now becoming ecotourism spots have very different lifestyles than those who come to visit. Ecotourism has created many debates based on if the economic benefits are worth the possible environmental sacrifices.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wall |first=Geoffrey |date=1997-07-01 |title=FORUM: Is Ecotourism Sustainable? |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002679900044 |journal=[[Environmental Management (journal)|Environmental Management]] |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=483–491 |doi=10.1007/s002679900044 |pmid=9175538 |bibcode=1997EnMan..21..483W |s2cid=35966965 |issn=0364-152X}}</ref>