Status review of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the Engangered Species Act

JA Seminoff, CD Allen, GH Balazs, PH Dutton, T Eguchi… - 2015 - repository.library.noaa.gov
The Green Turtle Status Review Team (SRT) has undertaken a review consistent with
section 4 (a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), using the best available scientific …

Ecotourism as a development strategy: experiences from Costa Rica

JF Koens, C Dieperink, M Miranda - Environment, Development and …, 2009 - Springer
This article reflects on the Costa Rican experiences with ecotourism by assessing the
positive and negative environmental, economic and social impacts of ecotourism …

Local conservation practice and global discourse: a political ecology of sea turtle conservation

LM Campbell - Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This article employs political ecology and common property theory to examine sea turtle
conservation, how it is articulated and executed at different sociopolitical and geographic …

Microsatellites provide insight into contrasting mating patterns in arribada vs. non‐arribada olive ridley sea turtle rookeries

MP Jensen, FA ABREU‐GROBOIS… - Molecular …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular studies of sea turtles have shown that the frequency of multiple paternity (MP)
varies between species, and between rookeries of the same species. This study uses …

Call it consumption! Re‐conceptualizing ecotourism as consumption and consumptive

ZA Meletis, LM Campbell - Geography compass, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Labeling ecotourism as 'non‐consumptive'and contrasting it with direct uses of wildlife
through activities such as hunting is common practice among organizations and academics …

Sea turtles of the Gulf of Mexico

RA Valverde, KR Holzwart - Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico …, 2017 - Springer
Five species of sea turtles occur in the Gulf of Mexico: Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) …

Benevolent and benign? Using environmental justice to investigate waste‐related impacts of ecotourism in destination communities

ZA Meletis, LM Campbell - Antipode, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We contribute to the diversification of environmental justice (EJ) by using it to frame
ecotourism‐related solid waste management problems. Ecotourism is a service industry …

Tourists and turtles: Searching for a balance in Tortuguero, Costa Rica

ZA Meletis, EC Harrison - Conservation and Society, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Tourism is seen as an important part of the turtle conservation 'toolbox'that can be used to
(1) raise awareness about sea turtles,(2) provide funding for conservation and management …

Quantifying illegal extraction of sea turtles in Costa Rica

H Pheasey, G Glen, NL Allison, LG Fonseca… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Estimates of illegal wildlife trade vary significantly and are often based on incomplete
datasets, inferences from CITES permits or customs seizures. As a result, annual global …

[图书][B] Wasted visits? Ecotourism in theory vs. practice, at Tortuguero, Costa Rica

ZA Meletis - 2007 - search.proquest.com
In this thesis, I contemplate the ecotourism in theory and in practice. I use the case study of a
solid waste crisis (2002-2004) in Tortuguero, Costa Rica, a turtle tourism destination, to …