Within the new array of 'green' products and services, ecotourism claims to combine environmental responsibility with the generation of local economic benefits that will have both a development impact and serve as conservation incentives. Economic incentives are imperative for nature conservation...
Tourism on Ilha Grande is to an overwhelming extent nature-based and the attractiveness of the island as a tourist destination is neatly linked to its extensive forest coverage. At about 150 km from Rio de Janeiro and 400 km from São Paulo, Ilha Grande is close to two of the most populous cities ...
Wunder, Sven
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[Native tourism, natural forests and local incomes on Ilha Grande, Brazil]
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Native tourism, natural forests and local incomes on Ilha Grande, Brazil
A principal criterion for classifying a tourism operation as 'ecotourism' is that local residents at the site should receive substantial economic benefits, which serve both to raise local living standards and as enhanced incentives for nature conservation. This paper sets out a methodological fra...
Ilha Grande, an island in the south of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, has faced a long series of historical boom and bust cycles. Yet, during the last century, the island has recuperated most of its original forest cover, compared to rapid and continuous deforestation of the continental Atlantic f...
Wunder, Sven
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[Big island, green forests and backpackers: land use and development options on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil]
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Big island, green forests and backpackers: land use and development options on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Despite recent success in reducing forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon, additional forest conservation efforts, for example, through ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD+), could significantly contribute to global climate-change mitigation. Economic incentives, suc...
Börner, J.
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Wunder, Sven
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.
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Hyman, Glenn
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Nascimento, N
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[Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: Costs and income effects]
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Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: Costs and income effects
Wunder, Sven
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Börner, J.
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Shively, G
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Wyman, M.
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[Safety nets, gap filling and forests: a global-comparative perspective]
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Safety nets, gap filling and forests: a global-comparative perspective
Wunder, Sven
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Angelsen, A.
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Belcher, B.
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[Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base]
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Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base
Wünscher, T.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Conservation tenders in low-income countries: Opportunities and challenges]
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Conservation tenders in low-income countries: Opportunities and challenges
Córdova, J.P.P
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Wunder, Sven
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Smith-Hall, C.
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Börner, J.
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[Rural income and forest reliance in Highland Guatemala]
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Rural income and forest reliance in Highland Guatemala