The value of wildlife-viewing tourism as an incentive for conservation of biodiversity in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-423

  Mladenov, Natalie ^a   Gardner, John R ^b   Flores, Nicholas E ^b   Mbaiwa, Joseph E ^c   Mmopelwa, Gagoitseope ^c   Strzepek, Kenneth M ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOTOURISM; WATER SUPPLY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548398092     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350701445525     Document Type: Article

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