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Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Forensic Res 2016
ISSN: 2157-7145, JFR an open access journal Forensic Research 2016
October 31-November 02, 2016
October 31-November 02, 2016 San Francisco, USA
5th International Conference on
Forensic Research & Technology
Ecotourism: A zoonotic (forensic) garden of Eden?
Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome
Kent State University, USA
Aspects of ongoing research exploring ecotourismpractices related to “saving” endangered primates from extinction are considered
in this presentation. Between July, 2008 and July 2015, ecotours to Sabah, Rwanda, Kenya, Madagascar, and Uganda were
undertaken. The specific focus of these travels has been to explore the tourist’s participation in ecotourism practices geared toward
the rehabilitation of orphaned and/or rescued primates, including environmental solutions, such as, habitat protection of endangered
primates, i.e., orangutans, mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, and lemurs. This presentation focuses on several features of ecotourism
travel and practices: Location, logistics and participation. In light of the consideration of emerging infectious diseases relating to
zoonotic transmission, wildlife-to-human and/or human-to-wildlife, this presentation is offered as an opportunity for a forensic
window for possible vectors of transmission. Ecotourism specific locations are usually out-of-the-range of local travel for the tourist
while within a biome unique to wildlife which is “exotic” enough to be domiciled in zoological and research settings worldwide, and
either unique by declining numbers and/or designation at some level of endangerment. Already, there is a rich literature emphasizing
location and emerging pathogens which underscores these issues. Explored are some of the characteristics required to participate in
this form of tourism, e.g., physical, financial, social, and emotional highlighted, as an aspect of this specialized travel, are participant
experiences encountering wildlife. Although the activities are designed for group participation, variations in participation exist as
described. This author’s experiences in these varied settings are expanded upon in consideration of possible vectors for disease
transmission.
Biography
Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome completed her PhD at University of California, Berkeley, following an MA in Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University in
1978 and an MS in Urban Studies, Cleveland State University in 1980. She has pursued Post-graduate study at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland from 1999
to the present. She is an Associate Professor teaching anthropology and sociology course. She is a Fulbright Scholar during 1988-89 in Singapore. She is the
country specialist for Amnesty International USA, for Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei from 1996 to present. She is the first Executive Director of The Flats Oxbow
Association in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome, J Forensic Res 2016, 7:5(Suppl)