Overview
- Discusses contemporary issues in wildlife tourism
- Useful resources for those in conservation, tourism and development
- Multi-disciplinary in nature with contribution from geographers, natural scientists and more
Part of the book series: Geographies of Tourism and Global Change (GTGC)
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Keywords
- Wildlife tourism
- Wildlife based tourism economy
- Consumptive tourism
- Transboundary resources
- Joint venture partnerships
- Sustainable tourism development
- Conservation-development debates
- Protected areas and tourism
- Human-wildlife conflicts
- Non-consumptive tourism
About this book
This book discusses opportunities, costs, and governance issues within the wildlife tourism space in Southern Africa. Wildlife tourism is a very important sector in Southern Africa. As such, the book discusses sustainable economic benefits local communities derive from wildlife tourism while also supporting wildlife conservation. It addresses several contemporary issues that have affected wildlife tourism, focusing on different countries in the region. These issues include international agreements such as CITES, the decline in wildlife species and reactions from the international community, human-wildlife conflicts and conflicts between states, indigenous communities living adjacent to protected areas hosting wildlife, and how to address these. As such, the book is a useful resource for researchers, tourism stakeholders, policy makers and students, especially those studying natural resource management, tourism and development and sustainable development in Southern Africaand other parts of the developing world.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Lesego Senyana Stone is an Associate Professor, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Botswana, Botswana. Her research interests are in sustainable tourism development with specific reference to nature-based tourism, tourism marketing, community-based tourism, and community participation in tourism. Dr. Stone has published in several local, regional, and international journal. She teaches several tourism management courses.
Moren Tibabo Stone is an Associate Professor in Environmental Science and Tourism Studies at the University of Botswana, Department of Environmental Science. His research interests include sustainable tourism development and management, ecotourism, community-based tourism, protected areas conservation and community livelihoods improvement through tourism engagements.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Wildlife Tourism Dynamics in Southern Africa
Book Subtitle: Contemporary Issues, Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Development
Editors: Lesego S. Stone, Moren Tibabo Stone
Series Title: Geographies of Tourism and Global Change
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-57251-7Due: 13 June 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-57254-8Due: 13 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-57252-4Due: 13 June 2024
Series ISSN: 2366-5610
Series E-ISSN: 2366-5629
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 272
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour