Can nature tourism help finance protected areas in the Congo Basin?

ORYX

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-339

  Wilkie, David S ^a   Carpenter, Julia F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congo Basin; Conservation; Protected areas; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; FINANCIAL PROVISION; PROTECTED AREA;

(CENTRAL); AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; OKAPIA JOHNSTONI; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 0032699384     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0030605300030738     Document Type: Article

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