This Special Issue addresses the intersections of outdoor recreation, nature-based tourism,
and sustainability. Outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism provide essential benefits …

Tourism has an essential role in terms of contributing to the financial sustainability of
protected areas. In addition, through effective and efficient benefit-sharing, tourism can …

Throughout southern Africa, there have been growing concerns about the rates of
ecosystem degradation. This issue and natural resource governance concerns in general …

In assessment of costs (and benefits) of wildlife conservation, conventional economic
valuation frameworks may inadequately address various non-tangible values and neglect …

The study was conducted in Hammer district, Southern Ethiopia, to provide empirical
evidence on economic contribution to local livelihoods and households dependency on dry …

Successful land claims on protected areas by previously disenfranchised communities often
result in co-management agreements between claimant communities and state conservation …

Crafting local institutions to allow more effective decision-making in the management of and
access to natural resources in and beyond parks has long been considered key to …

This paper examines dependence on environmental resources and impacts on household
welfare among the indigenous San and Mier rural communities neighbouring Kgalagadi …

Across the globe, many invasive alien plants were purposefully introduced because of their
usefulness. These plants continue to provide multiple goods and services, such as fodder …

Protected areas (PAs) are often conflict-ridden, but conflict resolution mechanisms are often
constrained by little appreciation of the perceptions of the principal agents (PA managers …