Ecotourism and conservation in the Americas /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Series: Ecotourism book series ; no. 7.
• Subjects: Ecotourism > America.; Education and Training.; Biological Resources (General); Tourism and Travel.; Assessment.; Case studies.; Ecotourism.; Environmental impact.; Higher education.; Nature conservation.; Resource conservation.; Universities.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages) : illustrations, map, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.