The Market Triumph of Ecotourism: An Economic Investigation of the Private and Social Benefits of Competing Land Uses in the Peruvian Amazon

Christopher A. Kirkby; Renzo Giudice-Granados; Brett Day; Kerry Turner; Luz Marina Velarde-Andrade; Agusto Dueñas-Dueñas; Juan Carlos Lara-Rivas; Douglas W. Yu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013015

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The Market Triumph of Ecotourism: An Economic Investigation of the Private and Social Benefits of Competing Land Uses in the Peruvian Amazon

Christopher A. Kirkby,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Ecology, Conservation, and Environment Center (ECEC), Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, Yunnan, China, School of Biological Sciences, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (CEEC), University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, School of Environmental Sciences, Center for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Renzo Giudice-Granados,

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (CEEC), University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Brett Day,

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Center for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Kerry Turner,

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Center for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Luz Marina Velarde-Andrade,

Affiliation Conservación Ambiental y Desarrollo en el Perú (CAMDE-PERU), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru
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Agusto Dueñas-Dueñas,

Affiliation Cooperazione e Sviluppo (CESVI), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru
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Juan Carlos Lara-Rivas,

Affiliation Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru
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Douglas W. Yu

* E-mail: dougwyu@gmail.com

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Ecology, Conservation, and Environment Center (ECEC), Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, Yunnan, China, School of Biological Sciences, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (CEEC), University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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The Market Triumph of Ecotourism: An Economic Investigation of the Private and Social Benefits of Competing Land Uses in the Peruvian Amazon

Christopher A. Kirkby,
Renzo Giudice-Granados,
Brett Day,
Kerry Turner,
Luz Marina Velarde-Andrade,
Agusto Dueñas-Dueñas,
Juan Carlos Lara-Rivas,
Douglas W. Yu

Published: September 29, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013015

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revised estimate

Posted by dougwyu on 16 Feb 2011 at 03:00 GMT

US$210 billion (×1012)
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0013015#article1.body1.sec1.p5

The updated figure is US$ 28.8 x 10^9 (billion).

Kirkby, C. A., B. Day, K. Turner, B. S. Soares-Filho, H. Oliveira, and D. W. Yu. 2011. Closing the ecotourism-conservation loop in the Peruvian Amazon. Environmental Conservation 38.

No competing interests declared.

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revised estimate

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