Who is on the Gorilla’s Payroll? Claims on Tourist Revenue From a Ugandan National Park

Exploring the boundaries of a new moral order for tourism's global code of ethics: an opinion piece on the position of animals in the tourism industry

“…Conservation theorists reasoned that using wildlife in ecotourism, sport hunting, ranching and game cropping could offset the costs of state funding. And because protected areas yield very little in the way of an economic return against other land uses, like agriculture, the use of animals in these ways could be justified, especially if they alleviated poverty (Adams & Infield, 2003;Eltringham, 1994;Holdgate, 1993).…”

Assessing Wildlife Consumption Awareness and the Attitudes of the Local Lambwe Valley Community towards Ruma National Park, Kenya

“…Antagonism towards wildlife can also be rooted within societal tensions [31]. Such tensions can be particularly intense around protected area boundaries, where benefits of wildlife are felt to accrue to the government, tourists and external entities at the expense of valuable agricultural land [35]. In addition, rural people often perceive wildlife as property of the state.…”

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Perceptions of Wildlife In Tombali(Guinea-Bissau, West Africa)

“…People internalize positions relative to other humans, wildlife and the ecosystem [27,28]. Understanding the nature of such perceptions is vital when attempting to translate conservation priorities into locally supported action [29,30]. The variety of perceptions about other living organisms takes on a special meaning in Africa, where genders, different ethnicities, and religions co-exist in the same localities and share (or contest) the same resources.…”