TY - BOOK AU - Durham,William H. AU - Stronza,Amanda ED - C.A.B. International, TI - Ecotourism and conservation in the Americas T2 - Ecotourism book series AV - G155.A45 E26 2008eb U1 - 338.4/7917 23 PY - 2008/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Ecotourism KW - America KW - Education and Training KW - Biological Resources (General) KW - Tourism and Travel KW - Assessment KW - cabt KW - Case studies KW - Environmental impact KW - Higher education KW - Nature conservation KW - Resource conservation KW - Universities KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Bold Agenda of Ecotourism / A. Stronza -- Ecotourism and Conservation : the Cofan Experience / R. Borman -- An Ecotourism Partnership in the Peruvian Amazon : the Case of Posada Amazonas / J.F. Gordillo Jordan, C. Hunt and A. Stronza -- Ecotourism and Marine Protected Areas in a Time of Climate Change / S.C. Stonich -- Fishing for Solutions : Ecotourism and Conservation in Galapagos National Park / W.H. Durham -- Can Responsible Travel Exist in a Developed Country? / W.L. Bryan -- A Montana Lodge and the Case for a Broadly Defined Ecotourism / A. Bidwell Pearce and C. Ocampo-Raeder -- Environmental Interpretation versus Environmental Education as an Ecotourism Conservation Strategy / J. Kohl -- Educating Ecotourists : Lessons from the Field / J. Dubin -- Tourism, Indigenous Peoples and Conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon / A. Rodríguez -- Ecotourism Equations : Do Economic Benefits Equal Conservation? / F. de Vasconcellos Pêgas and A. Stronza -- Protected Areas and Tourism in Cuba / T. Borges Hernándes, L. Coya de la Fuente and K. Lee Wald -- Ecotourism and Ecolodge Development in the 21st Century / H. Ceballos-Lascurain -- An Ecotourism Project Analysis and Evaluation Framework for International Development Donors / M. Epler Wood -- Setting Standards : Certification Programmes for Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism / M. Honey -- The Challenge Ahead : Reversing Vicious Cycles through Ecotourism / W.H. Durham; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format N2 - This book with 9 parts contains 16 chapters on ecoutourism and conservation in the Americas. The book aims to fulfill its mission, and to offer professionals in conservation and ecotourism organizations, non-governmental organizations and government offices, particularly in the USA and Latin America, a worthy assessment of ecotourism's tangible impacts in the Americas. It also provides useful case studies, testimonies of 'ecotourism at work' in the field, and regional overviews for students and their professors in university classrooms UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845934002.0000 ER -