All Guides: Ecotourism Test Guide FY23: Interpretation

Interpretation is a mission-based communication process that forges emotional and intellectual connections between the interests of the audience and meanings inherent in the resource. Who are Interpreters? A person who employs a mission-based communication process that forges emotional and intellectual connections between the interests of the audience and meanings inherent in the resource.

The National Association for Interpretation (NAI)
The National Association for Interpretation (NAI) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit professional organization dedicated to advancing the profession of heritage interpretation, currently serving about 6,000 members in the United States, Canada, and over thirty other nations. Individual members include those who work at parks, museums, nature centers, zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums, historical and cultural sites, commercial tour companies, and theme parks. Commercial and institutional members include those who provide services to the heritage interpretation industry.

Definitions Project
The Definitions Project group met in a series
of 4 meetings in 2006 with 20 attendees representing federal agencies, professional organizations, and other NGOs. The following definitions resulted from those meetings.

Gifts of Interpretation by Larry Beck; Ted Cable
Call Number: GV181.18 .B43 2011
ISBN: 9781571676368
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
In this book, the authors focus on the fifteen guiding principles of interpretation with a focus on how each of the principles is a gift, for example, of story, revelation, provocation, beauty, passion. This book has served as a university text and is used by the interpretative profession in many federal agencies (National Park Service), state agencies, regional and local interpretative centres, zoos, aquaria, museums, and other interpretative sites.
Environmental Interpretation by Sam Ham; Sam H. Ham
Call Number: QH75 .H36 1992
ISBN: 1555919022
Publication Date: 1993-01-22
Environmental Interpretation is the first truly applied treatment of environmental communication written specifically for people with big ideas and small budgets. Drawing on 20 years experience and the successes of his colleagues worldwide, Sam Ham presents an unusually diverse collection of low-cost communication techniques that really work. Written for beginners and experts alike, the book represents a valuable resource for anyone faced with the need to communicate about the environment yet constrained by lack of money and experience.

What is Anthropomorphism?
Illustrations of Anthropomorphism

is the attribution of human characteristics
or behavior to a god, animal, or object.

Conservation International
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Tool #2 Developing Interpretive and Education Plans
This tool provides guidance on developing Interpretive and Education plans, and
provides information on other types of related plans.

Tool #3 Interpretive Planning (Accessibility Guidelines)
The Forest Service is strongly committed to ensuring that new or reconstructed facilities and associated constructed features are both accessible and appropriate to the setting. As an agency, we work to maximize accessibility using universal design, while protecting the resource and the natural settings that make outdoor recreation areas so attractive.
Tool #4 Interpretive Planning (Region 2 Interpretive Media Design Guidelines)
The following are some basic guidelines for the preparation and design of interpretive media.
Tool #5 Interpretive Planning (Maps, Photographs, and Graphics)
Often, the interpretive media that you want to produce includes a map. The specific tasks required to create the map can vary widely, depending on the scope and complexity of your final product. Photos and graphics will tell your story better than words ever will! Frequently, the forest and/or team members have a plethora of photos pertaining to the subject of the interpretive media that can be very helpful to us.
Tool #6 Interpretive Planning (Costs for Panel Design, Fabrication, and Mounting)
The cost of designing your sign can vary greatly. There are a wide variety of sign materials available for both indoor and outdoor interpretive sign panels. Choosing the right one is a matter of matching your needs and desires with your setting and available budget.
Tool #7 Interpretive Planning (Low Profile Exhibit Base Installation)
Tools and materials needed for installations, as well as actual how to install.

Ecotourism Test Guide FY23

is the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.

is the attribution of human characteristics
or behavior to a god, animal, or object.