Best practices for tourism concessions in protected areas: A review of the field

Forests

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 913-928

  Wyman, Miriam ^a   Barborak, James R ^b   Inamdar, Neel ^c   Stein, Taylor ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Department of Statistics   (United States)

^c Conservation International ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Protected areas; Tourism concessions

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICES; GAINING MOMENTUM; GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS; HABITAT DESTRUCTION; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; LOCAL COMMUNITY; LOCAL PEOPLE; PRIVATE SECTORS; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREAS; TOURISM CONCESSIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROTECTED AREA;

EID: 84866311896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f2040913     Document Type: Article

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