Community-based tourism (CBT) uses existing natural and cultural resources and contributes to their preservation. Local communities are often presented as homogenous blocks in literature, without the presence of internal power struggles or contrasting values. In tourism studies, it is frequently assumed …

The enriched data in this study, based on qualitative research, confirm on one hand the “goodness” of sustainable tourism development (STD) in developing regions. On the other hand, local stories in the community of Vicos in Peru undermined the “good actions” that were claimed by groups who represented …

In this research different reforestation techniques are investigated in relation to its effectiveness in restoring the natural forest ecosystem. The location where the research is conducted is the Peruvian region Madre de Dios, which is on the Amazonian foothill of the Andes. There are great deforestation …

Community forestry is a way to combine forest conservation with economic development of forest depending communities. In the Pacific zone of northern Peru, the rural population heavily relies on the endemic dry forest ecosystem as a source of firewood, timber and as grazing area. Bad management, overuse …

Voor u ligt een afstudeerproject vanuit de opleiding Sociaal Pedagogisch Hulpverlening aan Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim te Zwolle. Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd in opdracht van Rik van der Ploeg, oprichter van de stichting T'ikani. Via Hogeschool Windesheim kwam ik in aanraking met de stiching T'ikani …

Onder de Quechua bevolking in Ichuña en Arequipa leven er een aantal psychische behoeften. Het probleem is dat er geen ondersteuning wordt geboden aan de behoefte aan veiligheid, de sociale behoeften en de behoefte aan erkenning bij de Quechua‟s.