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Tourism in protected areas: integrating conservation and community development in Liwonde National Park (Malawi)
Marina Novelli,Amy Scarth +1 more
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In this paper, the authors reviewed literature on the relationships between protected areas, conservation, local communities and tourism and evaluated key issues related to the integrated conservation and development (ICD) approach and proposed as an alternative way to traditional protected area management in conjunction with a diversified local livelihood approach.Abstract:
Despite the spatial significance of protected areas and the increasing threats posed to the world's biodiversity by various agents, successful conservation still remains controversial and inconsistent. In this context, protected areas have become a core attraction for nature-based tourism activities, valued for their ability to generate financial benefits in a non-extractive way, thus effectively enabling the sustainability of biodiversity. This paper reviews literature on the relationships between protected areas, conservation, local communities and tourism and evaluates key issues related to the integrated conservation and development (ICD) approach. This is then proposed as an alternative way to traditional protected area management in conjunction with a diversified local livelihood approach. Based on empirical findings from Liwonde National Park in Malawi, key issues related to conservation and community development are explored focusing on how the financial benefit provided by tourism for th...read more
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Sustainable tourism in protected areas : guidelines for planning and management (Russian version)
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