Do open-cycle hatcheries relying on tourism conserve sea turtles? Sri Lankan developments and economic-ecological considerations

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-452

  Tisdell, Clem ^a   Wilson, Clevo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Nature conservation; Sea turtle hatcheries; Sea turtles; Sri Lanka; Total economic value; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OPEN-CYCLE HATCHERIES; POPULATION SURVIVAL; SEA TURTLES; TOURISM;

OCEAN HABITATS;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; HATCHERY; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TURTLE;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HATCHERY; POPULATION; REVIEW; SRI LANKA; SURVIVAL; TOURISM; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDIES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OVUM; SRI LANKA; TRAVEL; TURTLES;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 21244478695     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0049-2     Document Type: Review

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