Editing Ecotourism (section)

=== Eviction of Indigenous peoples ===
{{Main|Fortress conservation}}
[[Fortress conservation]] is a conservation model based on the belief that biodiversity protection is best achieved by creating protected areas where ecosystems can function in isolation from human disturbance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sesmad.dartmouth.edu/theories/85 |title=Critique of fortress conservation |publisher=SESMAD |access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref> It is argued that money generated from ecotourism is the motivating factor to drive Indigenous inhabitants off the land.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsLyqBUZvDY |title=Who is ordering continuous attacks against Batwa people in DRC?|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |access-date=26 May 2022 |date=9 April 2022}}</ref> Up to 250,000 people worldwide have been forcibly evicted from their homes to make way for conservation projects since 1990, according to the UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples.<ref name=Guardian1120>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/you-have-stolen-our-forest-rights-of-baka-people-in-the-congo-ignored |title='Large-scale human rights violations' taint Congo national park project |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 November 2020 |access-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>