Essays about: "ecotourism"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 70 essays containing the word ecotourism.
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6. A study on the sustainability of rural ecotourism in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utvecklingAbstract : China has always been a major agricultural country with the highest number of agricultural workers in the world. In order to raise the income level of farmers and promote rural prosperity and stability, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward the strategy of "revitalising the countryside", and focused on the development of rural tourism as a strategy that can effectively adapt to and serve the revitalisation of the countryside in the new era. READ MORE
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7. Sustainable Use: A Contentious Promise - A Case Study on International Funding of Consumptive Sustainable Wildlife Use in South Africa's Biodiversity Economy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : In South Africa, sustainable use of wildlife is widely recognized as providing economic incentives and actively engaging rural communities in conservation management. Aiming to combat rampant poverty and wildlife crime in communities around protected areas (PAs), the country’s biodiversity economy envisions to scale (non-)consumptive activities in the pursuit of creating economically and environmentally viable wildlife businesses. READ MORE
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8. The sensitivity of the Maasai Mara Conservancy Model to external shocks
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Biodiversity loss caused by human activities is considered to be one of the greatest challenges to the stability of our planet. Protected areas emerged as a solution to this challenge, but they are not always successful due to the exclusion and displacement of local communities that live in proximity to the protected area, especially in low income countries. READ MORE
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9. Ecotourists as activists : The conceptualisation of ecotourist’s practices and the role of communication
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : As concern regarding the environmental impact of the regular tourism industry grows, tourists are increasingly seen carrying out activism actions and rallying others to create changes in the industry. A segment of the tourism industry that meets the demand is ecotourism, a more sustainable form of travelling that is seen as environmentalism in and of itself. READ MORE
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10. Ecotourism and Residents’ Well-being: A Case Study from Monteverde, Costa Rica, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The global COVID-19 pandemic is having tremendous adverse effects on human well-being and the tourism industry, revealing its high vulnerability, and putting the current system into question. A promising more sustainable tourism concept constitutes ecotourism albeit its impacts on residents’ well-being remain unexplored. READ MORE
