Ecotourism: A panacea or a predicament?

M Das, B Chatterjee - Tourism management perspectives, 2015 - Elsevier
The paper aims to provide a description of the vision and present practices of ecotourism.
Promotion of local livelihoods through ecotourism has been widely considered as an …

[PDF][PDF] The costs and benefits of protected areas for local livelihoods: a review of the current literature

L Coad, A Campbell, L Miles… - UNEP World Conservation …, 2008 - academia.edu
Protected areas could play a significant role in the implementation of schemes to reduce
emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries, through …

A structural model of residents' intention to participate in ecotourism: The case of a wetland community

H Zhang, SL Lei - Tourism management, 2012 - Elsevier
Ecotourism supports environmental conservation as well as generating economic
opportunities. It additionally strongly emphasizes benefits to the local community and …

Community perception of biodiversity conservation within protected areas in Benin

FG Vodouhê, O Coulibaly, A Adégbidi… - Forest Policy and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Commitment of local communities to protected areas is essential for conserving biodiversity.
However, in many developing countries like Benin, former management strategies kept …

Predicting the patterns, perceptions and causes of human–carnivore conflict in and around Machiara National Park, Pakistan

NI Dar, RA Minhas, Q Zaman, M Linkie - Biological Conservation, 2009 - Elsevier
Human–carnivore conflict is considered to be a major conservation and rural livelihood
issue because many carnivore species have been heavily persecuted due to elevated …

Entrepreneurship and women's empowerment in gateway communities of Bardia National Park, Nepal

SK Panta, B Thapa - Journal of Ecotourism, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Protected areas of Nepal, especially those situated in the lowland areas, have current and
future growth prospects for ecotourism with opportunities in tourism and hospitality business …

Conflict in protected areas: who says co-management does not work?

K De Pourcq, E Thomas, B Arts, A Vranckx… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Natural resource-related conflicts can be extremely destructive and undermine
environmental protection. Since the 1990s co-management schemes, whereby the …

Changes in resident attitudes towards tourism development and conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

JE Mbaiwa, AL Stronza - Journal of environmental management, 2011 - Elsevier
Negative attitudes of resident communities towards conservation are associated with
resource decline in developing countries. In Botswana, Community-Based Natural Resource …

Assessment of the main factors impacting community members' attitudes towards tourism and protected areas in six southern African countries

S Snyman - Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and …, 2014 - journals.co.za
In southern Africa, many early conservation efforts from the late 1800s and early 1900s
either displaced local communities or restricted their access to natural resources. This …

Do protected areas and conservation incentives contribute to sustainable livelihoods? A case study of Bardia National Park, Nepal

ST Karki - Journal of environmental management, 2013 - Elsevier
Effective biodiversity protection and improved human welfare as 'win–win'situations have
been the foundation for protected areas and conservation incentives. However, conserving …