'I've paid to observe lions, not map roads!' - An emotional journey with conservation volunteers in South Africa

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1069-1080

  Cousins, Jenny A ^a   Evans, James ^a   Sadler, Jon P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; African wilderness; Commodification of nature; Conservation tourism; Ethnography; Wildlife experiences

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MAP; NATURE CONSERVATION; WILDFIRE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70450257752     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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