Bitten by Success: Conflicts Over Tourism Revenue and Natural Resources at Komodo National Park

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  • Steven Rodriguez University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

Abstract

The expanding popularity of Komodo National Park has engendered conflicts over access to its resources and tourism revenue.

Author Biography

Steven Rodriguez, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

Steven Rodriguez received his PhD in history from UCLA, completing a dissertation project that examined national park development and nature tourism in Indonesia and Vietnam. Prior to pursuing a career as an academic, Steven worked as a script reader for DreamWorks and was the proprietor of Angel City Bookstore located in Santa Monica, California. His current research projects include a study of French programs for national park development in Indochina and a history of Indonesian mountain climbing in the 1980s and 1990s.

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2014-02-18

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