Ecotourism: A means to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem functions?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 303-320

  Gössling, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cost benefit analysis; Ecosystem functions; Ecotourism; Rainforests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 0344915175     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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