OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY
Sustainable Development
Valenzuela City
College of Hospitality and Institutional
Management
Travel Management Department
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
TOUR 7 – ECOTOURISM
TRUE or FALSE
Shade A if the following statement is
TRUE
Shade E if the following statement is
FALSE
1. "Sustainable development is
development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet
their own needs”
2. "Sustainable development is
development that meets the needs of
the present with compromising the
ability of future generations to meet
their own needs”
3. “sustainable development”, in its
common meaning, dates back to the
first part of the '70, during the United
Nation Summit on the Human
Environment, held in Stockholm in the
June of 1974
4. “sustainable development”, in its
common meaning, dates back to the
first part of the '70, during the United
Nation Summit on the Human
Environment, held in Stockholm in the
June of 1975
5. “sustainable development”, in its
common meaning, dates back to the
first part of the '80, during the United
Nation Summit on the Human
Environment, held in Stockholm in the
June of 1972
6. “sustainable development”, in its
common meaning, dates back to the
first part of the '70, during the United
Nation Summit on the Human
Environment, held in Stockholm in the
June of 1978
7. “sustainable development”, in its
common meaning, dates back to the
first part of the '70, during the United
Nation Summit on the Human
Environment, held in Stockholm in the
June of 1972
8. In 1990, the IUCN (International Union
for the Conservation of Nature), the
UNEP (United Nations Environment
Programme) and the WWF (World
Wildlife Fund) compiled the report
titled “World Conservation Strategy of
the Living Natural Resources for a
9. In 1980, the IUCN (International Union
for the Conservation of Nature), the
UNEP (United Nations Environment
Programme) and the WWF (World
Wildlife Fund) compiled the report
titled “World Conservation Strategy of
the Living Natural Resources for a
Sustainable Development
10.In the 1987 the World Committee for
Environment and Development
(founded in the 1983) as an institution
of the General Secretary of the United
Nations and lead by Gro Harlem
Brundtland, Prime Minister of the
Norway at the time, published the
report entitled “Our Common Nature”
11.In the 1987 the World Committee for
Environment and Development
(founded in the 1983) as an institution
of the General Secretary of the United
Nations and lead by Gro Harlem
Brundtland, Prime Minister of the
Norway at the time, published the
report entitled “Our Common
Sustainability”
12.In the 1987 the World Committee for
Environment and Development
(founded in the 1983) as an institution
of the General Secretary of the United
Nations and lead by Gro Harlem
Brundtland, Prime Minister of the
Norway at the time, published the
report entitled “Our Common Future”
13.Preservation of natural resources is
mainly focused on resources that have
not been touched by humans. It
discourages the use of resources in
order to maintain their present state.
14.The expected growth and the new
trends observed put tourism in a
strategic position to make a positive
contribution to, or to negatively affect,
the environmental and social aspects
of tourist destinations and the
potential development of surrounding
areas and their communities.
15.Impacts are bound to increase in the
future as tourist movements continue
to grow and, unless they are
appropriately controlled, negative
impacts will affect the long-term
sustainability of tourism.
16.The concept of sustainable
development must be fully applied in
tourism, and it must form part of its
very essence as tourism is built upon
the diversity of natural, social and
cultural resources, without which
tourists would lose their interest and
motivation.
17.As a powerful instrument of
development, tourism can and should
participate actively in the sustainable
development strategy. requirement of
sound management of tourism is that
the sustainability of the resources on
which it depends must be guaranteed.
18.All activities related to tourism must
be sustainable, and respect the
environment, the local and global
economies, the social aspects of
individual communities, and cultural
identity.
19.Tourism must be ecologically
sustainable in the long-term,
economically feasible, and acceptable
from both an ethical and social point
of view.
20.“Protected areas” can be seen as
‘laboratories of sustainable
development’, that can offer best
practices for a sustainable
development of different tourist
destinations.
21.Promoting forms of management and
activities which ensure the long-term
protection and preservation of natural,
cultural and social resources.
22.Governments, protected area
agencies, tour operators, retailers and
members of the local community can
all benefit from tourism revenues and
in some cases tourism enterprises
directly support the protection or
rehabilitation of key habitat areas.
23.Protected areas in the Philippines are
managed according to the following
classifications described in Section 4
of the National Integrated Protected
Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Act).
24.a fundamental role of the natural area
strategy is to protect and enhance the
area’s natural and cultural heritage,
on which tourist activity is based, for
and through tourism, and to protect it
from excessive tourism development.
25.Social and economic development of
the destination - the protected area
increases benefits from tourism to the
local economy, encouraging initiatives
which will have a positive impact on
various economic sectors.
Choose the best answer
A. POTENTIAL KEY BENEFITS OF
TOURISM IN PROTECTED AREAS
B. Classifications of Protected Areas
C. None of the Above
26.Protection and enhancement of
natural and cultural heritage on which
tourist activity is based.
27.A fundamental role of the natural area
strategy is to protect and enhance the
area’s natural and cultural heritage,
on which tourist activity is based, for
and through tourism, and to protect it
from excessive tourism development.
28.Generate the funds through entrance
and service fees, local taxes and in
many other ways that can be used
directly to help meet or offset the
costs of conservation, maintaining
cultural traditions and providing
education.
29.Social and economic development of
the destination - the protected area
increases benefits from tourism to the
local economy, encouraging initiatives
which will have a positive impact on
various economic sectors.
30.Protection and support of the quality
of life for local residents and tourists
31.The tourism strategy seeks to ensure
that tourism supports and does not
reduce the quality of life of local
residents.
32.works closely with local communities
for the development and
implementation of its tourism
33.Ensuring good communication
between the protected area, local
people and visitors, fostering the
promotion of exchange and contact
between local residents and visitors
and identifying and seeking to reduce
any conflicts which may arise.
34.Tourism planning and development in
protected areas is focuses on taking
advantage of the interest shown by
tourists.
35.Tourism planning and development in
protected areas is focuses on taking
advantage of the interest shown by
residents.
36.refers to a forest reservation
essentially of natural wilderness
character which has been withdrawn
from settlement, occupancy or any
form of exploitation except in
conformity with approved
management plan and set aside as
such exclusively to conserve the area
or preserve the scenery, the natural
and historic objects, wild animals and
plants therein and to provide
enjoyment of these features in such
areas.
37.is a relatively small area focused on
protection of small features to protect
or preserve nationally significant
natural features on account of their
special interest or unique
characteristics
38.are areas of national significance
which are characterized by the
 harmonious interaction of man and
land while providing opportunities for
public enjoyment through the
recreation and tourism within the
normal lifestyle and economic activity
of these areas
39.is an area possessing some
outstanding ecosystem, features
and/or species of flora and fauna of
national scientific importance
maintained to protect nature and
maintain processes in an undisturbed
state in order to have ecologically
representative examples of the
natural environment available for
scientific study, environmental
monitoring, education, and for the
maintenance of genetic resources in a
dynamic and evolutionary state.
40.is an extensive and relatively isolated
and uninhabited area normally with
difficult access designated as such to
protect natural resources of the area
for future use and prevent or contain
development activities that could
affect the resource pending the
establishment of objectives which are
based upon appropriate knowledge
and planning
A. Wilderness Areas/Watershed
Forest Reserves
B. Marine Reserves/Managed
Resource Protected Areas
C. Wildlife Sanctuaries/Resource
Reserves
D. Strict nature reserve/ Protected
landscape & seascape
E. National Monuments/Natural
Parks/National parks
41.Caramoan
42.Mount Arayat
43.Apo Reef
44.Tubbataha Reef
45.Chocolate Hills
46.Taal Volcano
47.Siargao Island
48.Palawan
49.Upper Agno River Basin
50.Turtle Islands
51.. El Nido Managed Resource
52.Palaui Island
53.Angat Watershed
54.La Mesa Dam
55.Cebu Strait Islands
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56.Pollution Control Law
57.Provides guidelines for prevention,
abatement and control of pollution of
water, air and land.
58.ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
(EIS) STATEMENT OF 1978
59.The Environment Impact Assessment
System was formally established in
1978 with the enactment of
Presidential Decree no. 1586 to
facilitate the attainment and
maintenance of rational and orderly
balance between socio-economic
development and environmental
protection.
60.EIA is a planning and management
tool that will help government,
decision makers, the proponents and
the affected community address the
negative consequences or risks on the
environment. The process assures
implementation of environment-
friendly projects.
61.shall be known and referred to as the
“National Integrated Protected Areas
System Act of 1992.
62.An act providing for the establishment
and management of national
integrated protected areas system,
defining its scope and coverage, and
for other purposes.
63.refers to identified portions of land
and water set aside by reason of their
unique physical and biological
significance, managed to enhance
biological diversity and protected
against destructive human
exploitation pursuant to the NIPAS Act
of 1992.
64.Encompass outstanding remarkable
areas and biologically important public
lands that are habitats of rare and
endangered species of plants and
animals, biogeographic zones and
related ecosystems, whether
terrestrial, wetland or marine, all of
which shall be designated as
protected areas.
65.Philippine Mining Act (1995)
66.Provides that proclaimed watershed
reserves, old growth or virgin forests,
wilderness areas, mossy forests and
NIPAS areas among others are closed
 to mining applications. Mining
contractors are also required to
undertake environmental protection
and enhancement programs to include
among other things revegetation,
watershed development and water
conservation.
67.The Philippine Environment Code
(1996)
68.Prescribes management guidelines
aimed to protect and improve the
quality of Philippine water resources
through improvement of the quality of
the Philippine water resource.
69.The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act
(1997)
70.Ascribes rights of the ICC/IPs
sustainable use, manage, protect,
conserve land, water and other areas
of economic value; ascribes the right
to formulate and pursue their own
plans for sustainable management
and development of land and natural
resources; provides that government
adopt effective measures to
implement laws that will preserve the
quality of surface and ground water
that may affect ancestral domains.
71.PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999
72.The law aims to achieve and maintain
clean air that meets the National Air
Quality guideline values for criteria
pollutants, throughout the Philippines,
while minimizing the possible
associated impacts to the economy.
73.TOXIC SUBSTANCES, HAZARDOUS
AND NUCLEAR WASTE CONTROL ACT
OF 1990
74.The law aims to regulate restrict or
prohibit the importation, manufacture,
processing, sale, distribution, use and
disposal of chemical substances and
mixtures the present unreasonable
risk to human health. It likewise
prohibits the entry, even in transit, of
hazardous and nuclear wastes and
their disposal into the Philippine
territorial limits for whatever purpose;
and to provide advancement and
facilitate research and studies on toxic
chemicals.
75.Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2000
76.In partnership with stakeholders, the
law aims to adopt a systematic,
comprehensive and ecological solid
waste management program that shall
ensure the protection of public health
and environment. The law ensures
proper segregation, collection,
storage, treatment and disposal of
solid waste through the formulation
and adaptation of best eco-waste
products.
77.PHILIPPINE OR CLEAN WATER ACT OF
2004
78.The law aims to protect the country's
water bodies from pollution from land-
based sources (industries and
commercial establishments,
agriculture and community/household
activities). It provides for
comprehensive and integrated
strategy to prevent and minimize
pollution through a multi-sectoral and
participatory approach involving all
the stakeholders.
79.Climate Change Act of 2009
80.An act mainstreaming climate change
into government policy formulations,
establishing the framework strategy
and program on climate change,
creating for this purpose the climate
change commission, and for other
purposes.
81.signed into law by President Benigno
Aquino III on September 26, 2013
82.It retains 75% of income generated by
protected areas (PAs) with the
Protected Areas Management Board
(PAMB), an administrative body
composed of all the local government
units and tribal communities in charge
of regulating the protected area.
83.The law is an amendment of the
National Integrated Protected Areas
System (NIPAS) Act of 1992 which
previously directed that 100% of
income generated by the protected
area goes straight to the national
treasury.
Determine if the following statement
is:
A. Classification of Ecotourism
B. Principle of Ecotourism
C. Terms Related to Ecotourism
D. None of the Above
84.Minimal Impacts
85.Environmental and cultural awareness
and respect
86.Positive Experiences for both visitors
and hosts
87.Direct financial benefits for
conservation
88.Financial benefits for local people and
private industry
89.Memorable interpretative experiences
to visitors
90.Design, construction, and operation of
low-impact facilities
91.Recognition for the rights and beliefs
of indigenous people
92.Support for human rights and
democratic movement
93.Generation of alternative income and
employment opportunities
94.Promotion of well-being and
community development
95.Interpretation
96.Education
97.Community participation in
management
98.Ethics
99.Responsibility
100. Sustainability
101. Cultural sensitivity
102. Inclusion of local community
and indigenous people in development
103. Gender Equality
104. Agritourism
105. Adventure tourism
106. FARM tourism
107. Community-based tourism
108. Green tourism
109. Sustainable tourism
110. War
111. Has higher volume of tourists
consisting of larger groups
112. Has emphasis on personal
experience
113. Western standard services are
not essential
114. There is some degree of
standardization for trips and
itineraries.
115. Has lower volume of tourists
involving smaller groups
116. Emphasis is still on personal
experience but few, if any, services
are expected
117. Involves specialized trips and
itineraries
118. Attracts higher volume of
tourists
119. Emphasis is on interpretation
and services and facilities are
expected
120. The emphasis is on
interpretation and services and
facilities are expected