Social and environmental effects of ecotourism in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica: the Lapa Rios case
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Social and environmental effects of ecotourism in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica: the Lapa Rios case Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano abc; Eben N. Broadbent bcd; William H. Durham ac a Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA b Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA c Center for Responsible Travel, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA d Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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