For love or for money? Investigating the impact of an ecotourism programme on local residents' assigned values towards sea turtles

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 90-106

  Pegas, Fernanda De Vasconcellos ^a   Coghlan, Alexandra ^b   Stronza, Amanda ^c   Rocha, Valéria ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Natl Coordinator of the Environmental Education and Social Inclusion Program of the TAMAR Project   (Brazil)

Author keywords

environmental behaviour; flagship; incentives; livelihoods; TAMAR

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; FISHING COMMUNITY; INCENTIVE; LOCAL ECONOMY; PERCEPTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; VILLAGE;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; PRAIA DO FORTE;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84885023394     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: 17477638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2013.831099     Document Type: Article

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