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Ecotourism, poverty, and conservation in Prek Toal, Cambodia

Creator:

Conway, Kathryn

Abstract:

In Prek Toal, a poor subsistence fishing village on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, the conservation organization Osmose is using ecotourism revenues to finance poverty intervention programs and promote conservation in a threatened ecosystem. This thesis examines local perceptions of tourism as a measure of Osmose’s success. Limited awareness of tourism...

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Masters Thesis

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Anthropology presented on September 17, 2008 Title: Ecotourism, Poverty, and Conservation in Prek Toal
Protecting the forests and the people : exploring alternative conservation models that include the needs of communities : an Ecuadorian case study

Creator:

Gittelman, Melissa Laurel

Abstract:

This research explores differences in environmental worldviews and connections to the land globally and more specifically in a case study of NGOs working in the Ecuadorian Cloud Forest. The aims of this project are to investigate different environmental worldviews expressed between western NGOs and non western local NGOs and to...

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Masters Thesis