Closing the ecotourism-conservation loop in the Peruvian Amazon

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-17

  Kirkby, Christopher A ^a,b   Giudice, Renzo ^b   Day, Brett ^a   Turner, Kerry ^a   Soares Filho, Britaldo Silveira ^c   Oliveira Rodrigues, Hermann ^c   Yu, Douglas W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

conservation policy; contract theory; deforestation; ecosystem service; ecosystem valuation; governance; incentives; integrated conservation and development projects; Interoceanica Sur highway; nature based tourism; Peru; protected area management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION POLICY; CONTRACT THEORY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GOVERNANCE; INCENTIVES; INTEGRATED CONSERVATION; INTEROCEANICA SUR HIGHWAY; NATURE-BASED TOURISM; PERU; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; PROFITABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPLOITATION; FOREST COVER; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HABITAT LOSS; INCENTIVE; LAND TENURE; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY MAKING; PROTECTED AREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; INCENTIVES; PERU; PLANNING; PROFITABILITY; ROADS; TAXES;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 82555164520     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892911000099     Document Type: Article

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