What makes them pay? Values of volunteer tourists working for sea turtle conservation

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-98

  Campbell, Lisa M ^a   Smith, Christy ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Costa Rica; Environmental values; Qualitative methods; Sea turtles; Volunteer tourism

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; QUALITATIVE METHODS; SEA TURTLES; VOLUNTEER TOURISM;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTHETICS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOURISM; TURTLE; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; HUMANS; SOCIAL VALUES; TURTLES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LIMON; TORTUGUERO;

CHELONIIDAE;

EID: 33744785950     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0188-0     Document Type: Article

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