Mountain gorilla tourism generating wealth and peace in post-conflict Rwanda

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-137

  Maekawa, Miko ^a   Lanjouw, Annette ^b   Rutagarama, Eugène ^c   Sharp, Douglas ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Arcus Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^c International Gorilla Conservation Programme   (Rwanda)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Mountain gorillas; Nature based tourism; Rwanda; Transboundary cooperation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOTOURISM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; RWANDA;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 84879149534     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12020     Document Type: Article

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