The market triumph of ecotourism: An economic investigation of the private and social benefits of competing land uses in the Peruvian Amazon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Kirkby, Christopher A ^a,b   Giudice Granados, Renzo ^b   Day, Brett ^b   Turner, Kerry ^b   Velarde Andrade, Luz Marina ^c   Dueñas Dueñas, Agusto ^c   Lara Rivas, Juan Carlos ^d   Yu, Douglas W ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Puerto Maldonado ^*  (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; LAND USE; LOGGING; PERU; PROFIT; RAIN FOREST; TOURISM;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; PERU; RECREATION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 77958553278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013015     Document Type: Article

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