Accessing the Impenetrable: The Nature and Distribution of Tourism Benefits at a Ugandan National Park

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 915-932

  Sandbrook, Chris ^a,b   Adams, William M ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

access analysis; Bwindi Impenetrable National Park; conservation; development; distribution; mountain gorillas; nature based tourism; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; LOCAL ECONOMY; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 84864021993     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2011.644394     Document Type: Article

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