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Positioning human heritage at the center of conservation practice. [PDF]

Conserv Biol, 2020
Abstract Conservation projects subscribing to a community‐based paradigm have predominated in the 21st century. We examined the context in which the phrase was coined and traced its growth over time. Community‐based conservation first appeared in the literature in the early 1990s; but grew little until after the 5th World Parks Congress in 2003 ...
Montgomery RA, Borona K, Kasozi H, Mudumba T, Ogada M.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

El crecimiento del ecoturismo y de las actividades físicas de aventura en la naturaleza (afan): elementos para comprender la situación actual en España y Brasil [PDF]

Apunts: Educación Física y Deportes, 2008
Este artículo presenta algunos datos sobre el crecimiento del ecoturismo y en directa relación con la emergente difusión e implantación de las actividades físicas de aventura en la naturaleza (AFAN) en los ámbitos territoriales de España y Brasil.
Ana Márcia Silva , Humberto Luís de Deus Inácio, Javier Olivera Betrán   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

‘Je suis corse, un homme de village’: Towards a Study of Contemporary Corsican Nationalism (1959–98)

History, Volume 108, Issue 383, Page 556-580, December 2023., 2023
Abstract This article reconstructs the genesis and developments of contemporary Corsican nationalism between 1959 to 1998, from the emergence of regionalism to the most dramatic phase of the resurgence of violence represented by the murder of Prefect Claude Érignac.
DEBORAH PACI
wiley   +1 more source

Ecotourism, infrastructures, and the drama of sovereignty on a border island

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 298-309, December 2023., 2023
Abstract The Ruta 30 scenic road project in Argentine Tierra del Fuego has encountered significant resistance. In this article, we analyze a public hearing convened to assess the road's impacts as an event illuminating the daily dynamics of the region.
Mara Dicenta, Ana Cecilia Gerrard
wiley   +1 more source

Heads nods and boat bobs: Behavior of Iguana iguana is affected by environment and boat traffic in riparian tropical forest

Biotropica, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 820-828, July 2022., 2022
Although frequently studied in captivity, less is known about Iguana iguana (green iguanas) in the wild. In this study behaviour of riparian I. iguana was collected alongside climate, vigilance, and eco‐tourism boat traffic data. Observations showed boat tourism can potentially affect I. iguana negatively.
Elizabeth A. Rice, Todd R. Lewis, Rowland K. Griffin, Paul B. C. Grant   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indirect effects of African megaherbivore conservation on bat diversity in the world's oldest desert

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 2022., 2022
Abstract In extreme environments, temperature and precipitation are often the main forces responsible for structuring ecological communities and species distributions. The role of biotic interactions is typically thought to be minimal. By clustering around rare and isolated features, like surface water, however, effects of herbivory by desert‐dwelling ...
Theresa M. Laverty, Joel Berger
wiley   +1 more source

Inter‐country differences in the cultural ecosystem services provided by cockles

People and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 71-87, February 2022., 2022
Abstract Coastal systems provide many cultural ecosystem services (CES) to humans. Fewer studies have focused solely on CES, while those comparing CES across countries are even rarer. In the case of shellfish, considerable ecosystem services focus has been placed on nutrient remediation, with relatively little on the cultural services provided, despite
Mathilde Jackson‐Bué, Ana C. Brito, Sara Cabral, David N. Carss, Frederico Carvalho, Paula Chainho, Aurélie Ciutat, Elena Couñago Sanchez, Xavier de Montaudouin, Rosa M. Fernández Otero, Mónica Incera Filgueira, Alice Fitch, Angus Garbutt, M. Anouk Goedknegt, Sharon A. Lynch, Kate E. Mahony, Olivier Maire, Shelagh K. Malham, Francis Orvain, Mélanie Rocroy, Andrew van der Schatte Olivier, Laurence Jones   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservación de servicios ecosistémicos en humedales altoandinos: la participación social en la creación de un área natural protegida [PDF]

, 2017
The goal of the present work is synthesizing the process of collective construction developed to protect the high-altitude wetlands of the Blanco River basin, located in the Andes Mountains, Mendoza province.
Abraham, Elena Maria, Rubio, María Cecilia, Rubio, María Clara, Salomon, Mario   +3 more
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Ecoturismo em áreas protegidas

Revista Geografias, 2022
O presente trabalho teve como objetivo a realização de um estudo sobre o perfil de visitantes do Parque Estadual de Ibitipoca- PEIb (Lima Duarte, Minas Gerais, Brasil), com o intuito de melhor compreender seus hábitos de viagem, motivações e nível de satisfação em relação às experiências e à estrutura de uso público dessa unidade de conservação e ...
Altair Sancho-Pivoto, Alexandre Fonseca Alves, Maria Clara Rezende Rocha   +2 more
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Ecoturismo e Comunicazione Intergenerazionale Interculturale

Altre Modernità, 2012
Since the first research carried out by the Generational Encounters Laboratory of the University of Milan (1998) on I. T. languages and intergenerational communication and having as primary aim the one shown by the research projects carried out during the academic years 1998-1999: “socializing the generations by socializing the institutions” (Albanese,
A. ALBANESE, BOCCI, Elena
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