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The paper extends an overview of the worldwide development of wildlife tourism, introduced the conception of wildlife tourism and its components, and analyzed the development of international wildlife tourism and its international trends. The sustainability of wildlife tourism, the protection of wildlife habitat, as well as the possible impacts of wildlife tourism development in China were discussed.

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  1. College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, 150040, Harbin, P. R. China

    Yuan Liu, Wei Zhang & Xiao-dong Tang

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  1. Yuan Liu
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Biography: LIU Yuan (19790-), female, Master, College of wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, P. R. China.

Responsible editor: Chai Ruihai

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Liu, Y., Zhang, W. & Tang, Xd. The Prospect of wildlife tourism. J. of For. Res. 15, 243–245 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02911033

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