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TRENDS IN PROTECTED AREAS - Sustainable Tourism CRC

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AUTHOR<br />

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<strong>TRENDS</strong> <strong>IN</strong> <strong>PROTECTED</strong> <strong>AREAS</strong><br />

Hum Bahadur Gurung<br />

Hum B. Gurung has recently completed his PhD investigating participatory governance in protected area<br />

management in Nepal in the School of Environment, Griffith University, Australia. He has been associated with<br />

the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) of the National Trust for Nature Conservation, Nepal from<br />

1986 to 1996 as Conservation Officer, Officer-in-Charge, Conservation Education and Extension Officer. He<br />

worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as National Programme Manager of the<br />

<strong>Sustainable</strong> Community Development Programme, known as Nepal Capacity 21 between 1997 and 2004. His<br />

research interests include participatory action research and community-based approaches for environmental<br />

education, sustainable development and tourism management in protected areas and published journal articles,<br />

conference papers and book chapters. Hum has also provided consultancy services to UNDP, The World<br />

Conservation Union (IUCN) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nepal Programme.

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