چکیده:
In this section of the Report we consider the financial returns to Botswana from nature-based tourism, the scope this offers to contribute to poverty eradication and some key issues that have to be addressed in order to realise this potential. In ecosystem terms, nature-based tourism is just a small part of the services – cultural services in the TEEB (2010) classification – that are provided by Botswana’s natural assets. So before focusing in on nature-based tourism it is worth remembering that the wilderness that provides wildlife for tourism also provides other critical eco-system services for Botswana. Local livelihoods depend on provisioning services (e.g. water and veld products) and Botswana as a whole relies on regulating services (e.g. carbon sequestration and maintaining soil quality).