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| Title | Who is on Gaia’s payroll? Tourism revenue sharing and conservation in national parks |
| Group | Cultural Geography Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 36 (MSc) |
| Supervisor(s) | Emmanuel Adu-Ampong |
| Examiner(s) | Prof. dr Edward Huijbens |
| Contact info | GEO thesis contact person Chih-Chen Trista Lin: chihchentrista.lin@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2020/01/01 |
| End date | 2022/12/31 |
| Description | Natural protected areas are at the core of biodiversity conservation. The success of biodiversity conservation largely depends on the understanding and cooperation of local communities living around protected areas. To offset some of the cost of conservation, tourism and other recreational activities have been introduced and encouraged. Tourism revenue sharing (TRS) in national parks, reserves and conservation areas is considered as an important mechanism through which conservation goals can be achieved. The premise is that TRS mechanisms can contribute to livelihood improvement and the provision of other tangible benefits to stakeholder groups – especially communities residing along the boundaries of national parks. But do these arrangements work in practice?
An MSc thesis project could focus on: • the attitude of adjacent communities towards national parks, reserves and conservation areas • the perceived concerns and benefits of living near national parks, reserves and conservation areas • the TRS arrangements in different national parks, reserves and conservation areas • stakeholder collaboration and governance arrangements in managing national parks, reserves and conservation areas This can be based on review of extensive published literature (on a selected destination) and/or fieldwork in Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda or other places. |
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