Ecotourism, natural resource conservation proposed as allies to protect natural landscapes

O José Moreira chamou a minha atenção para um artigo interessante sobre a utilização do ecoturismo como meio de protecção das áreas naturais.

If environmentalists want to protect fragile ecosytems from landing in the hands of developers -- in the US and around the globe -- they should team up with ecotourists, according to a study. Environmentalists often fear that tourists will trample all over sensitive natural resource areas, but tourism may bring the needed and only economic incentives to help drive conservation, said an author of the study.