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| ALVES,LUIZ C.P.S.; ZAPPES,CAMILAH A.; OLIVEIRA,RAFAEL G.; ANDRIOLO,ARTUR; AZEVEDO,ALEXANDRE DE F.. |
| Botos (Inia geoffrensis) are currently provisioned for use in tourist attractions in five sites in the Brazilian Amazon. Despite the known negative effects associated with human-wild dolphin interactions, this activity has been regulated and licensed in the Anavilhanas National Park in Novo Airão, Amazonas State, Brazil. We present an updated evaluation of the perception of the local community concerning the possible socioeconomic impacts of this tourism in Novo Airão. In April 2011, 45 interviews were conducted with inhabitants. A small segment of Novo Airão perceives currently itself as being economically dependent on the botos feeding tourism. Despite that, the economic benefits of this controversial activity apparently are not shared among most... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amazon; Anavilhanas National Park; Artificial feeding; Boto; Inia geoffrensis. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652013000401577 |
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