Ecotourism
Ecotourism and conservation in the Americas / edited by Amanda Stronza, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2261, USA and William H. Durham, Department of Anthropology, Main Quad, Building 50, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2034, USA. -- Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008. -- ?008. -- 1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages) : illustrations, map, charts. -- (Ecotourism book series ; no. 7). -- Obsahuje: The Bold Agenda of Ecotourism / A. Stronza -- Ecotourism and Conservation : the Cofan Experience / R. Borman -- An Ecotourism Partnership in the Peruvian Amazon : the Case of Posada Amazonas / J.F. Gordillo Jordan, C. Hunt and A. Stronza -- Ecotourism and Marine Protected Areas in a Time of Climate Change / S.C. Stonich -- Fishing for Solutions : Ecotourism and Conservation in Galapagos National Park / W.H. Durham -- Can Responsible Travel Exist in a Developed Country? / W.L. Bryan -- A Montana Lodge and the Case for a Broadly Defined Ecotourism / A. Bidwell Pearce and C. Ocampo-Raeder -- Environmental Interpretation versus Environmental Education as an Ecotourism Conservation Strategy / J. Kohl -- Educating Ecotourists : Lessons from the Field / J. Dubin -- Tourism, Indigenous Peoples and Conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon / A. Rodr?guez -- Ecotourism Equations : Do Economic Benefits Equal Conservation? / F. de Vasconcellos P?gas and A. Stronza -- Protected Areas and Tourism in Cuba / T. Borges Hern?ndes, L. Coya de la Fuente and K. Lee Wald -- Ecotourism and Ecolodge Development in the 21st Century / H. Ceballos-Lascurain -- An Ecotourism Project Analysis and Evaluation Framework for International Development Donors / M. Epler Wood -- Setting Standards : Certification Programmes for Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism / M. Honey -- The Challenge Ahead : Reversing Vicious Cycles through Ecotourism / W.H. Durham. -- Abstrakt: This book with 9 parts contains 16 chapters on ecoutourism and conservation in the Americas. The book aims to fulfill its mission, and to offer professionals in conservation and ecotourism organizations, non-governmental organizations and government offices, particularly in the USA and Latin America, a worthy assessment of ecotourism's tangible impacts in the Americas. It also provides useful case studies, testimonies of 'ecotourism at work' in the field, and regional overviews for students and their professors in university classrooms. -- ISBN : 9781845934002 (alk. paper).
Durham, William H., editor of compilation.. Stronza, Amanda, editor of compilation. C.A.B. International,
Ecotourism - America. Education and Training.. Biological Resources (General). Tourism and Travel. Assessment.. Case studies.. Ecotourism.. Environmental impact.. Higher education.. Nature conservation.. Resource conservation.. Universities. Electronic books