Handbook on Tourism and Conservation

Edited by Joseph E. Mbaiwa, Professor of Tourism Studies, Oluwatoyin D. Kolawole, Professor of Rural Development, Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana, Wame L. Hambira, Associate Professor of Environmental Management, Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Emmanuel Mogende, Lecturer of Natural Resource Governance, Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana, Botswana

Contents:

1 Introduction to the Handbook on Tourism and Conservation 1
Oluwatoyin D. Kolawole, Joseph E. Mbaiwa, Wame L. Hambira, and
Emmanuel Mogende

PART I TOURISM AND CONSERVATION IN PROTECTED AREAS
2 Tourism and conservation in protected areas: on collective efficacy 10
Jabulile Happyness Mzimela and Inocent Moyo
3 The prospects of forest-based tourism for marginalised communities 25
Joyce Lepetu, Gofaone Rammotokara and Hesekia Garekae
4 Human–elephant conflict: implications for rural livelihoods and wildlife
conservation 37
Kenalekgosi Gontse, Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Olekae T. Thakadu
5 Residents’ perception of ecotourism development at Tachila Nature
Reserve, North-East District, Botswana 54
Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Unabo Tafa

PART II TOURISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE
6 Tourism and climate change adaptation in protected areas 73
Kaarina Tervo-Kankare
7 Tourism and climate change vulnerabilities: a focus on African destinations 86
Kaitano Dube
8 Tourism and climate change: consequences, adaptation and mitigation 101
Esraa A. El-Masry
9 Evaluating climate change communication for sustainable
environmental conservation in the tourism sector 115
Sharon Tshipa and Olekae T. Thakadu
10 Perspectives on the effects of environmental change in northern
Botswana and its implications for CBNRM 130
Maduo Mpolokang and Jeremy Perkins

PART III SUSTAINABLE AGRITOURISM
11 Potentials and challenges of sustainable agritourism in Fortín, Veracruz,
Mexico 147
Karina Nicole Pérez-Olmos, Noé Aguilar-Rivera and Carlos Enrique
Villanueva-González
12 ‘Negotiating with the juggernaut’: on agritourism and the paradoxes of
market-driven conservation 164
Mikael Andéhn and Patrick J. N. L’Espoir Decosta
13 Micro and small-scale culture-based tourism initiatives as a livelihood
option for rural women in Kenya 176
Rita Wairimu Nthiga and Beatrice H. O. Ohutso Imbaya
14 Environmental impact of rural tourism 189
Gondo Reniko and Oluwatoyin D. Kolawole
15 Towards agritourism development in Zimbabwe: growth potential,
benefits and challenges 204
Rudorwashe Baipai, Oliver Chikuta, Edson Gandiwa and Chiedza N. Mutanga

PART IV DESTINATION COMMUNITIES AND NATURAL
RESOURCES CONSERVATION
16 Commodification of nature and territorialization: conservation, local
communities and Botswana’s international cooperation 223
Kekgaoditse Suping
17 Community-based natural resources management and poverty reduction 237
Israel R. Blackie
18 Information communication technologies and community-based
tourism organisations 249
Siamisang Sehuhula
19 Assessing the role of the central government and communities in
alleviating poverty through ecotourism 263
Thekiso Molokwane and Agnes Tshepo Nkone
20 Sense of place and tourism in cultural landscapes 278
Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Gladys B. Siphambe
21 Co-management of world heritage sites for community benefit 299
Olekae T. Thakadu, Wame L. Hambira, Gaseitsiwe Smollie Masunga, Barbara
N. Ngwenya, Abigail Lillian Engleton, Dandy Badimo and Ineelo Mosie

PART V CONCLUSION
22 The interlinkage between tourism, environmental conservation, and
natural resource management: a synthesis 328
Oluwatoyin D. Kolawole, Joseph E. Mbaiwa, Wame L. Hambira, and
Emmanuel Mogende

Index