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Stronza, Amanda

Professor

Positions:

Professor, Ecology and Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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astronza@tamu.edu

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Amanda Stronza

ORCID

0000-0002-8426-2854

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

overview

Dr. Amanda Stronza is an environmental anthropologist and professional photographer with 30 years of research and conservation work in the Amazon, southern Africa, and other parts of the tropics. She is a Professor in the Departments of Ecology and Conservation Biology, and Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management, and she co-directs the Applied Biodiversity Science Program at Texas A&M University. She co-founded Ecoexist, a non-profit organization in Botswana, aimed at fostering coexistence between people and elephants. Her long-term work in the Amazon has focused on community-based conservation, understanding and documenting local incentives for stewarding wildlife and forests.

education and training

Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States) 2000

selected publications

Academic Articles40

Petriello, M. A., & Stronza, A. L. (2021). Hunting as a Source of Local and Traditional Ecological Knowledge among Campesinos in Nicaragua. HUMAN ECOLOGY. 49(3), 309-325.
Petriello, M. A., & Stronza, A. L. (2020). Campesino hunting and conservation in Latin America.. Conserv Biol. 34(2), 338-353.

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Vogel, S. M., Lambert, B., Songhurst, A. C., McCulloch, G. P., Stronza, A. L., & Coulson, T. (2020). Exploring movement decisions: Can Bayesian movement-state models explain crop consumption behaviour in elephants (Loxodonta africana)?. J Anim Ecol. 89(4), 1055-1068.
Redmore, L., Stronza, A. L., Songhurst, A., & McCulloch, G. (2020). Where elephants roam: perceived risk, vulnerability, and adaptation in the Okavango Delta. ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY. 25(4),
Buchholtz, E. K., Fitzgerald, L. A., Songhurst, A., McCulloch, G. P., & Stronza, A. L. (2020). Experts and elephants: local ecological knowledge predicts landscape use for a species involved in human-wildlife conflict. ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY. 25(4),

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Books2

Stronza, A., & Durham, W. H. (2008). Ecotourism and conservation in the Americas. CABI.
Stronza, A., & Durham, W. H. (2008). Preface.

Chapters9

Stronza, A. L., Hunt, C. A., & Fitzgerald, L. A. (2021). Ecotourism for conservation?. Routledge Handbook of Ecotourism. 372-397. Taylor & Francis.
Stronza, A. L., Hunt, C. A., & Fitzgerald, L. A. (2019). Ecotourism for Conservation?. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES, VOL 44. 229-253. Annual Reviews.

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Stronza, A. L. (2016). Anthropology Applied: Global ecotourism and local indigenous culture in Bolivia. Haviland, W. A., Prins, H., McBride, B., & Walrath, D. (Eds.), Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge. 188-188. Cengage Learning.
Mbaiwa, J. E., & Stronza, A. L. (2009). The Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism in Developing Countries. The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Studies. 334-354. SAGE Publications.
Mbaiwa, J. E., & Stronza, A. L. (2009). The Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism in Developing Countries. The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Studies. 334-354. SAGE Publications Ltd.