Rwanda's Nyungwe National Park is a biodiversity hotspot with the most endemic species in the ecoregion as well as the …

We analyze whether biodiversity is enhancing the development process in developing countries (DCs) via increasing … tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity - only if … biodiversity while being significantly and positively correlated with inbound tourism receipts in DCs, has no significant relation …

are now said to have assumed a mandate to go beyond just biodiversity conservation to improving the welfare of local … protected areas, there is a paradigm shift that seeks to promote a model of biodiversity conservation where livelihood … activities are not just seen as compatible with biodiversity conservation but that it actually drives and facilitates conserv... …

exporting countries (countries of destination), the most interesting outcome of the thesis is that biodiversity as proxy for … as well. Together with the tourism's potential to enhance economic growth, this reflects the value biodiversity can play … biodiversity to private or public (land-) owners to give them an economic incentive to use "their" nature sustainably. …