Wild Scotland Best Practice Guidelines
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Wild Scotland provides advice and guidance to all its members on responsible wildlife-watching operations through our Best Practice Guidelines series.
These documents provide general advice for companies taking people to enjoy wildlife and complement existing codes of conduct for specific activities and species.
The guidelines, the first of their kind in the UK, were launched at the first World Responsible Tourism Day in London in 2007 – click here for more info.
Our Guidelines
- Watching Wildlife By Vehicle
- Watching Wildlife on Foot
- Watching Wildlife by Boat
- Watching Wildlife By Sea Kayak
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Why do we need best practice guidelines?
Responsible tourism is a key part of Wild Scotland’s activities, and all our members, both adventure and wildlife activity providers, sign up to follow guidelines. As the national wildlife and adventure tourism association, we are setting standards through the collective experience and knowledge of our members.
As nature-based tourism increases, we want to make sure that our wildlife is not affected by the increasing number of people wanting to see it.
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