Environmental Discontinuities: The Production and Regulation of an Eco-experience.

The paper examines the socio-ecological effects of formal and infor mal regulatory strategies in and around a South Australian Marine Park. It discusses some of the problematic dichotomies these regulations are founded on and help to perpetuate. The paper employed a single case study methodology and relied particularly on the data derived through qualitative field work. Data sources for the study included legislation, field notes, media promotions, photographs, brochures and phone inter views. Data was obtained directly from the principle research site and from key agencies involved in regulating activities at this site. A key con clusion of the study is that Park infrastructures and prescriptions help reinforce the idea that 'humans' and 'nature' are discrete entities rather than part of a continuous flow of matter-energy. In addition, it was con cluded that this delineation has serious implications for the way human/environment interactions are regulated 'outside' these areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]