Ecotourism, conservation biology, and volunteer tourism: A mutually beneficial triumvirate

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2832-2842

  Brightsmith, Donald J ^a   Stronza, Amanda ^b   Holle, Kurt ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rainforest Expeditions   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon; Earthwatch Institute; Funding; Parrot; Peru; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOTOURISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; RAINFOREST; RAPTOR;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 53649096349     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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