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Ethnodevelopment is a well-established concept in the field of
development studies. Despite its relevance to tourism initiatives
and processes in the Global South, it continues to be an
underutilised concept in the field. This book bridges this gap,
presenting an original conceptual framework to study the
relationship between tourism and ethnodevelopment. It focuses on
the processes of inclusion, empowerment, self-expression and
self-determination to explore the effects of tourism initiatives on
the identities, cultural resilience, livelihoods and economic
opportunities of ethnic minority communities. Chapters explore a
range of concepts and issues such as gender, authenticity,
indigenous knowledge, tradition, the commodification of culture,
community-based tourism, local entrepreneurship, cultural heritage,
and tourism and the environment. Drawing on rich primary research
conducted across South East Asia and South and Central America the
book offers detailed evaluations of the successes and failures of
various tourism policies and practices. This book makes a valuable
contribution for students, scholars, practitioners and
policy-makers alike interested in tourism, development studies,
geography and anthropology.
This book gathers contributions from scientists and industry
representatives on achieving a sustainable bioeconomy. It also
covers the social sciences, economics, business, education and the
environmental sciences. There is an urgent need to optimise and
maximise the use of biological resources, so that primary
production and processing systems can generate more food, fibre and
other bio-based products with less environmental impacts and lower
greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, we need a "sustainable
bioeconomy" - a term that encompasses the sustainable production of
renewable resources from land, fisheries and aquaculture
environments and their conversion into food, feed, fibre bio-based
products and bio-energy, as well as related public goods. Despite
the relevance of achieving a sustainable bioeconomy, there are very
few publications in this field. Addressing that gap, this book
illustrates how biological resources and ecosystems could be used
in a more sustainable, efficient and integrated manner - in other
words, how the principles of sustainable bioeconomy can be
implemented in practice. Given its interdisciplinary nature, the
field of sustainable bioeconomy offers a unique opportunity to
address complex and interconnected challenges, while also promoting
economic growth. It helps countries and societies to make a
transition and to use resources more efficiently, and shows how to
rely less on biological resources to satisfy industry demands and
consumer needs. The papers are innovative, cross-cutting and
include many practice-based lessons learned, some of which are
reproducible elsewhere. In closing, the book, prepared by the
Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme
(IUSDRP) and the World Sustainable Development Research and
Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC), reiterates the need to promote a
sustainable bioeconomy today.
This book outlines the status quo of worldwide wildlife tourism and
its impacts on planning, management, knowledge, awareness,
behaviour and attitudes related to wildlife encounters. It sets out
to fill the considerable gaps in our knowledge on wildlife tourism,
applied ecology, and environmental education, providing
comprehensive information on and an interdisciplinary approach to
effective management in wildlife tourism. Examining the
intricacies, challenges, and lessons learned in a meaningful and
rewarding tourism niche, this interdisciplinary book
comprehensively examines the major potentials and controversies in
the wildlife tourism industry. Pursuing an insightful, provocative
and hands-on approach, it primarily addresses two questions: 'Can
we reconcile the needs of the wildlife tourism industry,
biodiversity conservation, ecological learning and animal ethics
issues?' and 'What is the Future of the Wildlife Tourism
Industry?'. Though primaril y intended as a research text, it also
offers a valuable resource for a broad readership, which includes
university and training students, researchers, scholars, tourism
practitioners and professionals, planners and managers, as well as
the staff of government agencies.
This book gathers contributions from scientists and industry
representatives on achieving a sustainable bioeconomy. It also
covers the social sciences, economics, business, education and the
environmental sciences. There is an urgent need to optimise and
maximise the use of biological resources, so that primary
production and processing systems can generate more food, fibre and
other bio-based products with less environmental impacts and lower
greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, we need a "sustainable
bioeconomy" - a term that encompasses the sustainable production of
renewable resources from land, fisheries and aquaculture
environments and their conversion into food, feed, fibre bio-based
products and bio-energy, as well as related public goods. Despite
the relevance of achieving a sustainable bioeconomy, there are very
few publications in this field. Addressing that gap, this book
illustrates how biological resources and ecosystems could be used
in a more sustainable, efficient and integrated manner - in other
words, how the principles of sustainable bioeconomy can be
implemented in practice. Given its interdisciplinary nature, the
field of sustainable bioeconomy offers a unique opportunity to
address complex and interconnected challenges, while also promoting
economic growth. It helps countries and societies to make a
transition and to use resources more efficiently, and shows how to
rely less on biological resources to satisfy industry demands and
consumer needs. The papers are innovative, cross-cutting and
include many practice-based lessons learned, some of which are
reproducible elsewhere. In closing, the book, prepared by the
Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme
(IUSDRP) and the World Sustainable Development Research and
Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC), reiterates the need to promote a
sustainable bioeconomy today.
Ethnodevelopment is a well-established concept in the field of
development studies. Despite its relevance to tourism initiatives
and processes in the Global South, it continues to be an
underutilised concept in the field. This book bridges this gap,
presenting an original conceptual framework to study the
relationship between tourism and ethnodevelopment. It focuses on
the processes of inclusion, empowerment, self-expression and
self-determination to explore the effects of tourism initiatives on
the identities, cultural resilience, livelihoods and economic
opportunities of ethnic minority communities. Chapters explore a
range of concepts and issues such as gender, authenticity,
indigenous knowledge, tradition, the commodification of culture,
community-based tourism, local entrepreneurship, cultural heritage,
and tourism and the environment. Drawing on rich primary research
conducted across South East Asia and South and Central America the
book offers detailed evaluations of the successes and failures of
various tourism policies and practices. This book makes a valuable
contribution for students, scholars, practitioners and
policy-makers alike interested in tourism, development studies,
geography and anthropology.
Rare Earths elements are composed of 15 chemical elements in the
periodic table. Scandium and yttrium have similar properties, with
mineral assemblages, and are therefore referred alike in the
literature. Although abundant in the planet surface, the Rare
Earths are not found in concentrated forms, thus making them
economically valued as they are so challenging to obtain. Rare
Earths Industry: Technological, Economic and Environmental
Implications provides an interdisciplinary orientation to the topic
of Rare Earths with a focus on technical, scientific, academic,
economic, and environmental issues. Part I of book deals with the
Rare Earths Reserves and Mining, Part II focuses on Rare Earths
Processes and High-Tech Product Development, and Part III deals
with Rare Earths Recycling Opportunities and Challenges. The
chapters provide updated information and priceless analysis of the
theme, and they seek to present the latest techniques, approaches,
processes and technologies that can reduce the costs of compliance
with environmental concerns in a way it is possible to anticipate
and mitigate emerging problems.
This is an interdisciplinary book on tourism, sustainability,
nature conservation and preservation, public policies, politics,
power relations, partnerships and discursive constructions which
presents tourism-related topics and current themes with remarkable
in-depth analysis and introspectful views serving as a source to
various purposes of scholars, researchers, professors, government
staff, planners, policy makers, people of trade and of private
sector, civil society, NGOs, and by those interested in this
subject. It is a book written to be used by individuals of any
discipline within the Social Sciences, such as planning and
management, human geography, and sociolinguistics, etc. The book
has very well-built conceptual, theoretical and methodological
sections because it is based on a four-year doctoral investigation.
Conceptually, the author discusses and applies Social
Constructionism, Critical Realism and Theory of Collaboration to
empirical data, and he discusses and adapts the Critical Discourse
Analysis (CDA) of Norman Fairclough as a methodological tool.
Ismar's contributions to Academia are many and lie in the
development of the Contextual Critical Discourse Analysis (CCDA) as
a qualitative method; as well as his approach on sustainability as
socially constructed in which he labels it as 'liquid
sustainability'. He was also the first scholar to develop the
concept of 'local environmental governance' (LEG) and to apply it
to real cases as an essential element of new ecologically oriented
development models. This book is a very interesting reading with
unique approaches. There are general chapters accessible to a broad
audience in reason of case studies in Brazil where the author draws
on empirical experiences in Amazonia region such as in Marajo
Island, Tapajos-Arapiuns, Maripa, Jamaraqua, Maguari, Silves, Novo
Airao, and in the northeast region of the country, specifically in
Bahia state, namely Itacare, Ilheus, and Una municipalities. This
book is also based on a four-year fieldwork in New Zealand. The
author visited and collected data in Mount Maunganui, Rotorua,
Waimangi, Maungatautari Ecological Island, Bay of Plenty with a
focus on Kuaka Organization, Bay of Islands, Wairere Boulders in
Hokianga, Kauri Park, and other green areas in Far Northland. In
this book, the author examines collaboration schemes and
partnership models by deconstructing them as institutional and
organizational arrangements, and he seeks to underline the various
impacts on local and regional development. It is a praiseworthy
pioneer study and writing on nature-based tourism activities in
protected areas, either being labelled as community-based or not,
as well as (eco)tourism as a public or private endeavour in both
countries. The author is notably knowledgeable on nature-based
tourism and environmental issues and he made a great contribution
to the literature with his pioneer study and writings on ecotourism
in two countries which have been on a worldwide spotlight because
of their nature-based tourism potentialities and activities. The
book presents distinct realities and contexts of two amazing
countries with magnificent, unique landscapes and nature. It
enables an extensive understanding on tourism, planning, public
policies, state role, institutional arrangements and structures,
law, environmental legislation, local stakeholders' views and
perceptions, and nature protection strategies. It greatly maps the
micro geopolitics that exists in all levels of ecotourism
development: in its conceptualisation, design, planning and
management. It examines issues of power in (eco)tourism development
as manifested in the discursive construction and positionality of
local stakeholders.
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