Ecotourism and sea turtle harvesting in a fishing village of Bahia, Brazil

Conservation and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-25

  De Vasconcellos Pegas, Fernanda ^a   Stronza, Amanda ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Economic benefits; Ecotourism; Praia do Forte; Sea turtles; TAMAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856599383     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.62676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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