Ecotourism for conservation?

AL Stronza, CA Hunt… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Ecotourism originated in the 1980s, at the dawn of sustainable development, as a way to
channel tourism revenues into conservation and development. Despite the “win-win” idea …

A global systematic review of empirical evidence of ecotourism impacts on forests in biodiversity hotspots

JS Brandt, RC Buckley - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2018 - Elsevier
Ecotourism is growing rapidly in biodiversity hotspots because of its promise to achieve both
economic growth and environmental conservation. We reviewed the literature for empirical …

Ecotourism behavior of nature-based tourists: An integrative framework

TH Lee, FH Jan - Journal of Travel Research, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aims to examine an ecotourism behavioral model using environmental attitude,
subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, perceived ecotourism usefulness …

SWOT-AHP-TOWS analysis for sustainable ecotourism development in the best area in Lorestan Province, Iran

Z Asadpourian, M Rahimian, S Gholamrezai - Social Indicators Research, 2020 - Springer
Sustainable ecotourism development (SED) in areas with a low potential for development
through other sectors, can be a sustainable income-generating activity for locals and a place …

Feedbacks between deforestation, climate, and hydrology in the Southwestern Amazon: implications for the provision of ecosystem services

LS Lima, MT Coe, BS Soares Filho, SV Cuadra… - Landscape …, 2014 - Springer
Forests, through the regulation of regional water balances, provide a number of ecosystem
services, including water for agriculture, hydroelectric power generation, navigation …

Mapping dynamics of deforestation and forest degradation in tropical forests using radar satellite data

N Joshi, ETA Mitchard, N Woo, J Torres… - Environmental …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Mapping anthropogenic forest disturbances has largely been focused on distinct
delineations of events of deforestation using optical satellite images. In the tropics, frequent …

Tropical deforestation induces thresholds of reproductive viability and habitat suitability in Earth's largest eagles

EBP Miranda, CA Peres, V Carvalho-Rocha… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Apex predators are threatened globally, and their local extinctions are often driven by
failures in sustaining prey acquisition under contexts of severe prey scarcity. The harpy …

The effectiveness of contrasting protected areas in preventing deforestation in Madre de Dios, Peru

AJ Vuohelainen, L Coad, TR Marthews, Y Malhi… - Environmental …, 2012 - Springer
Accurate monitoring of the effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) in decreasing
deforestation is increasingly important given the vital role of forest protection in climate …

The threat of road expansion in the Peruvian Amazon

GR Gallice, G Larrea-Gallegos, I Vázquez-Rowe - Oryx, 2019 - cambridge.org
The construction of roads and other large-scale infrastructure projects, and the secondary
impacts they precipitate, are among the key drivers of change in tropical forests. The …

The market triumph of ecotourism: an economic investigation of the private and social benefits of competing land uses in the Peruvian Amazon

CA Kirkby, R Giudice-Granados, B Day, K Turner… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Annual revenue flow to developing countries for ecotourism (or nature-based tourism) could
be as large as US 210×1012,providinganenormousfinancialincentiveaga….However …