Griffith University

PhD Ecotourism and Community-based Conservation (Texas A&M University, USA). M.S. Agritourism (Oregon State University, USA). B.A. Environmental Studies with a management focus (Hawaii Pacific University, Hawaii, USA). A.S. Forestry (Central Oregon Community College, USA).

Contact details for Dr Fernanda Pegas

Research Interests

• Private reserves and conservation in private lands
• Flagship species conservation
• Ecotourism as a tool for conservation and economic development
• Agritourism and rural livelihood
• Political ecology

Selected publications:

• Pegas, F. and Buckley, R.C. Ecotourism in the Americas. In: Berkshire Encyclopaedia of Sustainability, Vol 8. (in press).
  
• Buckley, R., and Pegas, F. Tourism and CSR. In: Handbook of Tourism and Environment. D. Fennell and A. Holden (eds.) In press.
• Pegas. F. Protecting sea turtles via ecotourism:  The case of the TAMAR Project in Praia do Forte, Bahia. In: Tourism in Brazil. G. Lohmann, and D. Dredge, D. (eds.) In press.
• Pegas, F., Coghlan, A. and Rocha, V. An exploration of a mini-guide program: Training local children in sea turtle conservation and ecotourism in Brazil. Journal of Ecotourism. Accepted for publication.
• Pegas, F. and A. Stronza. 2010. Ecotourism and sea turtle harvesting in a fishing village of Bahia, Brazil. Conservation and Society 8(1): 15-25.
• Pegas, F. 2009. Twenty-five Years of Sea Turtle Protection in Brazil: Evaluating Local Effects. Ph.D. Dissertation. College Station: Texas A&M University, USA.
  
• Stronza, A. and Pegas, F. 2008. Ecotourism and conservation: Two cases from Peru and Brazil. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 13: 263-79.
• Pegas, F. and Stronza, A. 2008. The ecotourism equation: Do benefits for people equal benefits for conservation? pp: 163-176. In: Ecotourism and Conservation in the Americas: Putting Good Intentions to Work. Stronza, A. and Durham, W. (eds.)
  
• Pegas, F. and Tynon, J. 2004. An Analysis of the Motivations of Oregon's Ranchers to Diversify into Agritourism. In: Proceedings of the Fourth Social Aspects and Recreation Research Symposium; San Francisco, California. San Francisco State University - USA. 149-153.
• Pegas, F. 2002. Cultural and Socioeconomic Changes across Generations: A Case of Tobacco Growers in the Vale do Rio Pardo, RS, Brazil. Technical Report. Santa Cruz do Sul: DIMON Tobbaco Ltda., Brazil.
• Pegas, F. 1997. Bison Management in Yellowstone National Park: Conflicts and Challenges across Park Boundaries. Technical Report. Corvallis: Central Oregon Community College, USA.

• Current Supervised PhD Projects

  Tania Paola Romero Brito (Associate Supervisor)