ABSTRACT
In the 1990s integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) linked to tourism emerged as a tool for combining development with conservation, particularly in rural parts of the developing world (Ghimire and Pimbert 1997). A significant number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) of various kinds – some whose principal interest is in conservation, others with aims focusing on development and community well-being – adopted this innovation, proposing it to constitute sustainable development.
