Crafting wild nature in south-west Uganda: rich communities, happy tourists?

Journal of Eastern African Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 465-481

  Tancau, Maria Magdalena ^a  

^a Foundation PACT   (Romania)

Author keywords

community; conservation; development; ecotourism; NGOs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855913066     PISSN: 17531055     EISSN: 17531063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2011.611669     Document Type: Article

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