An emerging role for academia in bridging the disconnect between traditional people, protected areas, tourism and public policy

Laura Sinay; R W (Bill) Carter; Maria Cristina Fogliatti de Sinay

doi:10.18472/cvt.18n3.2018.1524

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An emerging role for academia in bridging the disconnect between traditional people, protected areas, tourism and public policy

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An emerging role for academia in bridging the disconnect between traditional people, protected areas, tourism and public policy

Laura Sinay, R W (Bill) Carter and Maria Cristina Fogliatti de Sinay

Caderno Virtual de Turism, Vol.18(3), pp.6-22

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18472/cvt.18n3.2018.1524

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Tourism

protected areas

traditional peoples

tourism

cultural change

policies

academia

This paper describes the process of cultural change in one Brazilian traditional community, the Caiçaras of Martin de Sá, since the establishment of the National System of Protected Areas, and the beginning of tourist arrivals (2000 to 2017). It reviews the research in the context of: (1) reconnecting nature and culture in public policy, and (2) how to promote dialogue between academia and public management. It concludes that nature and culture were notionally reconnected in some of Brazil's protected areas through Federal Law No. 9.985/2000. However, the nature-culture link of traditional communities continues to be vulnerable due economic development interests, especially agribusiness. In this context, academics can take a greater role in critiquing public policy. Informed dialogue between academia and public land managers can be a first step in reconnecting nature and cultures by maximizing flexibility within lower level policy instruments. However, in Brazil, the sustainability of pristine environments and their dependent traditional cultures requires policies that more broadly consider traditional use of natural resources and empower traditional communities.

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Title: An emerging role for academia in bridging the disconnect between traditional people, protected areas, tourism and public policy
Authors: Laura Sinay (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
R W (Bill) Carter (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Maria Cristina Fogliatti de Sinay (Author) - Grande Rio University, Brazil
Publication details: Caderno Virtual de Turism, Vol.18(3), pp.6-22
Publisher: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.18472/cvt.18n3.2018.1524
ISSN: 1677-6976
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450770502621
Output Type: Journal article

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