Protected Areas, Sustainable Tourism and Community Livelihood Linkages

The book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to understand social-ecological systems that explain the relationship between protected areas, tourism, and community livelihoods linkages and provides a platform for dialogue to develop better understanding of the complex relationships between protected areas, tourism, and community livelihoods.

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Moren Tibabo Stone is Associate Professor of 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 dynamics.

Lesego Senyana Stone is Associate Professor in Tourism Management at the University of Botswana in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Her research interests are in sustainable tourism development with specific reference to nature-based tourism, community-based tourism and community participation in tourism.

Gyan P. Nyaupane is Professor in the School of Community Resources & Development at Arizona State University. He has research experience in the fields of protected areas, public lands and sustainable tourism planning and policy. His research interests include understanding human-environment interactions, sustainable communities, resilience, indigeneity, nature-based tourism, and policy and planning.