UNIT 10 : ECOTOURIM 06

Ecotourism activities have had some negative impacts on the environment and peoplein the area.

• influences

• factors

• criteria 

• stimuli

The worst impact is the massive loss of land.

• minimal

• tiny

• heavy 

• acceptable

Ecotourism needs to recruit better educated people, so it won't provide more jobs forthe local people.

• reduce

• offer 

• wipe out

• add

If tourists leave litter after the picnic, they may cause pollution.

• drop

• depart  

• escape  

• disappear

Making a campfire requires cutting down trees for firewood.

• demands

• fosters   

• encourages

• prevents

Campfires may cause forest fires if they are unattended.

• focused

• neglected

• looked after

• watched

Hunting animals may lead to their extinction.

• reduction

• imprisonment

• death 

• survival

Ecotourism is booming and tour operators say this helps nature.

• decreasing

• declining  

• falling  

• flourishing

Ecotourism is making animals bolder and become less cautious about other animals.

• careful

• careless

• reckless

• foolish

If animals become less careful about other animals, they are at risk of being attackedby their natural predators.

• helped

• harmed  

• protected  

• saved