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

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Author(s)Adams, W.M.
Infield, M.
DateJanuary 2003
Reference typeJournal Article
Source nameWorld Development
JournalVol 31 No 1
PagesPages 177-190
PublisherElsevier Science Ltd, UK

Summary
This paper discusses the competing interests in revenues derived from visitor wildlife tourism based on viewing the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in Mgahinga National Park, Uganda. Financial flows to local communities do reduce their sense of grievance at the park’s creation, but do not compensate them for the costs of park creation. Different interests within and outside Uganda compete for wildlife tourism revenue and limit its capacity to fund the direct and indirect costs of gorilla conservation. The creation of multiscale multistakeholder partnerships for conservation built on revenue-sharing is a daunting institutional challenge.

Themes
Market-based Approaches

Geographic coverage
Uganda

DOI
10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00149-3

 

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