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Birds of many feathers? Examining perceptions among US birders following the American Ornithological Society's eponymous renaming decision

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2023, the American Ornithological Society announced it will phase out the English eponymous (honorific) names of 152 bird species in the United States and Canada, some of which are named after historical figures with racist, genocidal, or otherwise violent histories that serve as reminders of ornithology's exclusive origins.
Kirsten Vinyeta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of Religious Tourism for Sustainable Tourism Development: the case of Adyame Yordanos Wonkshet Monastery, Ethiopia. [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2019
Religion for Ethiopia is the basis of everything. It is known that in Ethiopia, religious tourism is one of the most important types of tourism, but we can confidently say that nothing has been done to support it.
Dagnachew Nega
doaj  

Remaking place relations for social‐ecological restoration: Reflections on placemaking in South Africa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological restoration is an ongoing relational process involving interconnected reciprocal social and biophysical interactions that shift and change over time and space. Conceptual literature proposes that placemaking can deepen and enhance the understanding and implementation of social‐ecological restoration processes as part of broader ...
Ancois de Villiers   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: RISK AND SAFETY CHALLENGES FOR RELIGIOUS TOURISM AND EVENTS

open access: yes, 2018
Risk and Safety Challenges for Religious Tourism and Events is a volume of 15 chapters on risk and safety management for religious tourism and pilgrimage.
Sampaio, Sarah Machado Marques
core  

Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marian Tourism: Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic pilgrimage. [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2016
The purpose of this article is to make a conceptual contribution to the literature pertaining to Marian religious tourism pilgrimages by briefly discussing Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic religious tourism and suggesting what the tourism market could ...
A Nicolaides
doaj  

Considerations for sustainable tourism development in developing countries: Perspectives from the South Pacific [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Nations of the South Pacific face a number of major challenges with respect to sustainable tourism development. Much of the literature presents overtly pessimistic conceptualisations of South Pacific nations as environmentally vulnerable and economically
Liu, Ge   +3 more
core  

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐Design to Capacity: An Instructional Design Approach for Indigenous Women Empowerment and Sustainable Technology Adoption

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of rural livelihood technologies is often hindered by a gap between participatory design and user capacity. This study addresses this challenge with a co‐designed lemongrass distillation system in rural India that remained unused due to a lack of community capacity, despite a successful design process.
Aroun Clément Baudouin‐van Os   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investing the endowment properties to activate the religious tourism in Algeria - A legal perspective-

open access: yesمجلة العلوم و آفاق المعارف
This study aims to shed light on the legal mechanisms for investing endowment properties to activate religious tourism in Algeria, considering that religious tourism is a promising sector in Algeria, as it is full of many religious places and landmarks ...
Omar Benaichouche   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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