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Ecotourism and sustainable development : who owns paradise? /
Around the world, ecotourism has been hailed as a panacea: a way to fund conservation and scientific research, protect fragile ecosystems, benefit communities, promote development in poor countries, instill environmental awareness and a social conscience in the travel industry, satisfy and educate d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Island Press,
©2008.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is ecotourism?: In search of the golden toad
- The world travel industry : going "green"?
- Ecotourism today
- Nation studies: The Galapagos Islands : test site for theories of evolution and ecotourism
- Costa Rica : on the beaten path
- Tanzania : whose Eden is it?
- Zanzibar : ecotourism on a Muslim island
- Kenya : the ups and downs of Africa's ecotourism "mzee"
- South Africa : people and parks under majority rule
- Ecotourism in the United States
- Conclusion : the road less traveled.