Our research on native tourism projects around the world would not have been possible without the generous advice and recommendations of the following:

David Ascanio, director, Ascanio Birding Tours, Caracas, Venezuela
Claire Burkert, craft expert, Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund, Tibet
Lisa Choegyal, ecotourism specialist, Asia/Pacific, Tourism Resource Consultants, Kathmandu, Nepal
Wade Davis, explorer in residence, National Geographic Society
Emma Doyle, manager, Environment and Human Rights Coordination, British Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela
Carroll Dunham, director, Wild Earth Journeys, Kathmandu, Nepal
G.W. Sandy Ferguson, managing director and owner, Asia Desk, Atlanta, GA
Sveva Gallmann, founder, Four Generations Project, Kenya
Gouthami, founder, Travel Another India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Martha Honey, Washington, D.C., director, Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, Washington, D.C.
Rupert Isaacson journalist and activist, Indigenous Land Rights Fund, Austin, TX
Dan Jonasson, CEO, Swedish Ecotourism Society, Östersund, Sweden
Joe Kane, journalist, Running the Amazon and Savages
Edward Koch and Sandra Mombelli, director, African Safari Lodge Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa
Jose Koechlin, chairman and CEO, Inkaterra, Lima, Peru
Eva-Karin Kronquist, finance executive and accountant, Swedish Ecotourism Society, Östersund, Sweden
Norby López Granda, ecotourism consultant, Quito, Ecuador
Ellen Lutz executive director, and David Maybury-Lewis, founder (deceased), Cultural Survival, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Katie Maschman, manager, travel programs, National Parks Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.
Charles A. Munn, chairman of the board, Tropical Nature, Brazil
Heather A. Peters, senior expert, Regional Unit for Culture in Asia and Pacific, UNESCO, Bangkok
Michael Peterson, director, Dorobo Tours & Safaris, Olasiti Village, Arusha, Tanzania
Steven Schipani, senior adviser, Lao National Tourism Administration Khamlay Sipaseuth, director, Luang Namtha Provincial Tourism Department, Luang Namtha, Laos
Rebecca Weldon Sithiwong, museologist, Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park, Thailand
Robert Tizard, technical adviser to Myanmar Program, Wildlife Conservation Society
Jan Wigsten, marketing director, Nomadic Journeys, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Additional resources: tropiceco.com and tribes.co.uk