This review examines the social, economic, and political effects of environmental
conservation projects as they are manifested in protected areas. We pay special attention to …

It is widely accepted that biodiversity loss and poverty are linked problems and that
conservation and poverty reduction should be tackled together. However, success with …

Tourism Development and the Environment: Beyond Sustainability? challenges the
sustainable tourism development paradigm that has come to dominate both theoretical and …

The concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and
development and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it …

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of
protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the …

Action to conserve biodiversity, particularly through the creation of protected areas (PAs), is
inherently political. Political ecology is a field of study that embraces the interactions …

Tourism can reduce poverty in developing countries. But tourism growth is not universally
inclusive of the poor. Moreover our understanding of how tourism affects the poor is largely …

Combating the surge of illegal wildlife trade (IWT) devastating wildlife populations is an
urgent global priority for conservation. There are increasing policy commitments to take …

We analyze how governments and the international community expand protected areas
(PAs) to reduce biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation at a cost to indigenous peoples …

Unmanned aerial vehicles, or 'drones', appear to offer a flexible, accurate and affordable
solution to some of the technical challenges of nature conservation monitoring and law …