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dc.contributor.authorStronza, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorPegas, Fernanda
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:51:03Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:51:03Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2011-05-03T04:46:36Z
dc.identifier.issn10871209
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10871200802187097
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/38504
dc.description.abstractThis article evaluates two theories to explain the relationship between ecotourism and conservation. One posits that economic benefits must accrue to local communities for ecotourism to result in conservation; the other holds that social benefits, including participation in management, must also be present. Although these ideas about causal mechanisms are not mutually exclusive, scholarly studies tend to reflect one more than the other. Two ecotourism projects from Brazil and Peru are compared. The Brazil study illustrates sea turtle ecotourism that generates economic benefits for coastal communities. The case in Peru also generates economic benefits for a local community, but has the added goal of building local management capacity. Both cases provide empirical evidence for causal mechanisms linking ecotourism with conservation. In the Brazil case, economic benefits alone seem to account for conservation outcomes. In Peru, local participation in ecotourism management has also sparked collective action for conservation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom263
dc.relation.ispartofpageto279
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalHuman Dimensions of Wildlife
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchConservation and Biodiversity
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode050202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode05
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode06
dc.titleEcotourism and Conservation: Two Cases from Brazil and Peru
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPegas, Fernanda V.


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