منابع مشابه
Issues in Ecotourism and Resource Conservation
Is ecotourism merely a novel ‘saleable’ label for what travelers and their agents have been doing all along? Or is it “a new alternative for sharing cultures and ecosystems based on. . noble objectives” [18]? As an arena in which “corporate tenets and conservationist ideals are interwoven’ [47], ecotourism may continue to elude concrete definition. However, analysis of the benefits and costs of...
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Funding for basic conservation research is chronically lacking. The potential for ecotourism to fund conservation research exists, but has been little explored. One branch of ecotourism with funding potential is volunteer tourism, where conservation scientists and recruiting agencies develop research projects and volunteers provide funding and labor. We examine the costs and benefits of a three...
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Nature tourism is being increasingly promoted as a means to combat the inequality and dependency in rural areas. Furthermore, ecotourism as a subset of nature tourism has emerged as a potential mechanism for involving rural communities in the management of their natural resources, and thus benefit from their conservation efforts. This paper presents the results of a study undertaken within thre...
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We analyse 214 cases worldwide where non-governmental organisations (NGOs) use ecotourism for conservation. Other stakeholders in these initiatives include local communities, the private sector, and government agencies. Stakeholder relationships determine NGO roles and project management structures and governance. We classified cases into 10 structural categories based on the initiating stakeho...
متن کاملThe Economy of Shark Conservation in the Northeast Pacific: The Role of Ecotourism and Citizen Science.
Historically sharks have been seen either as a source of income through harvesting, or as a nuisance and danger. The economic value of sharks has traditionally been measured as the total value of sharks caught for liver oil, fins, or meat for consumption. Sharks have also been killed to near extinction in cases where they were seen as a threat to fisheries on other species. This is illustrated ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Environment and Resources
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1543-5938,1545-2050
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-033046