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2005 WTA Second Annual Workshop
"Wildlife Tourism and Conservation: The Perfect Marriage?"
APRIL 17-19, 2005
Hosted by
Binna Burra Mountain Lodge and O'Reilly's Rainforest Guesthouse
Southern Queensland
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW AND OUTCOMES
WTA held its second annual workshop at Binna Burra Mountain Lodge and O'Reilly's Rainforest Guesthouse, near Lamington National Park in south-east Queensland on 17-19 April 2005. Despite a lower than expected attendance, mostly due to other work commitments by members at that time, the workshop was considered a great success by those who attended. The two keynote presentations by celebrated author Bradley Trevor Greive and politician the Hon. Warren Entsch MP were very inspiring and thought-provoking. The theme for this year's workshop was "Wildlife Tourism and Conservation: The perfect marriage?" and a number of presentations, case studies and workshops relating to this theme were presented and discussed. There was a focus on subjects of particular benefit to wildlife tourism businesses and further information on the subjects covered and proceedings of the workshop are available below.
The key conclusion emerging from the workshop was that some great work is already being done by some wildlife tourism operators in 'marrying' wildlife tourism and conservation. However, there are more opportunities in this area, and WTA is keen to work with governments in further exploring these opportunities and removing some of the obstacles currently faced by WT operators.
Following the endorsement of the idea at our recent AGM, planning is about to commence for a joint WTA/FACET conference in WA in Spring 2006. We will advise you once this has been officially agreed and further details are available.
PROGRAM
Please download the final Workshop Program below:
Pdf Version: WTA Final Workshop Program (pdf 668kb)
Word Version: WTA Final Workshop Program (doc 1.1MB)
PRESENTATIONS
Most authors have submitted their conference presentations to be made available on this website. These presentations have been converted to pdf format from either Word or PowerPoint documents. The presentations are listed below by title in order of presentation. For a detailed list of presentations, please download the Workshop Program above.
Please note that most images in the presentations have been deleted for copyright reasons, we apologise for any formatting or reading difficulties.
Copyright Notice
All work contained in the presentations on this webpage is copyright, and authors also assert their moral rights in this work. Apart from any fair dealing as permitted by the copyright law of your country, all reproduction in any form or transmission by any method is forbidden without the express permission of the authors. WTA has published this work on the World Wide Web with the permission of the authors.
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Presentations
"Using the media to promote your wildlife tourism products" - Kris Madden (pdf 50kb)
"Designing and managing wildlife tourism interactions" - Ian Tranter (pdf 50kb)
"A management challenge: wildlife feeding at O?Reillys" - Daryl Jones (pdf 56kb) and Scott Hetherington (pdf 53kb)
"Incorporating Indigenous people and content into wildlife tourism" - Denise Goodfellow (pdf 6.5MB)
Discussions/Outcomes
"Designing and managing wildlife tourism interactions" - Ian Tranter (pdf 25kb)
"Creative wildlife interpretation" - Nick Mooney (pdf 33kb)
"Using volunteers and research in wildlife tourism" - Claire Ellis (pdf 21kb)
"Incorporating Indigenous people and content into wildlife tourism" - Denise Goodfellow (pdf 21kb)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Bradley Trevor Greive |
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Bradley Trevor Greive, former paratrooper and bestselling author of 'The Blue Day Book' and 'Priceless: The vanishing beauty of a fragile planet', is a Governor of the Taronga Foundation and champion of wildlife and environmental causes worldwide.
* Bradley Trevor Greive (BTG) was born in Tasmania in 1970.
* He began his adult life as a Paratroop Platoon Commander with the elite 3rd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment.
* At 22, BTG left the military, to become, in his words ?a member of Australia?s impoverished creative underclass?.
* In 2000, he had his first book? The Blue Day Book, published.
* Since then, BTG has:
- had 8 more books published
- enjoyed book sales in excess of 10 million copies
- and been published in 27 languages, across 35 countries
* His books have reached number one on bestseller lists across the world, and he has won four publishing industry awards, including the ABA Book of the Year Award for 2000
* BTG is a passionate champion for the arts, supporting the Australian Youth Orchestra and establishing and Chairing the Taronga Foundation Poetry Prize.
* He is also a passionate supporter of world-wide conservation and wildlife programs, including becoming a Governor of the Taronga Foundation.
At 35, BTG is one of Australia?s most successful authors and creative talents
A brief background to the Taronga Foundation:
The Taronga Foundation was established to assist the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales, which operates Taronga and Western Plains Zoos, to significantly broaden the Zoos? endeavours in the fields of conservation, environmental education and care of wildlife.
The vision of the Taronga Foundation is to be recognised as a world leader in the development of philanthropic support for the conservation and preservation of Australian and exotic wildlife.
This financial support will enable the conservation endeavours of the Zoos to be dramatically expanded through a combination of environmental education and research-driven breeding programmes. These are all linked to the inspirational presentation of animals in world class facilities, supported by outstanding amenities.
If you need any further background information or a comprehensive press pack detailing Bradley?s books and interest, please contact BTG Studios media liaison person? Nerida Robinson on <nerida_gosh@optusnet.com.au>
The Hon. Warren Entsch MP |
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The Hon. Warren Entsch MP is Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Warren is also the Federal Member for the seat of Leichhardt, which takes in an area from Cairns north right up through Cape York and all of the Torres Strait Islands.
WORKSHOP EVALUATION
As part of the final session, delegates were asked to evaluate the workshop. The following document is a summary of those evaluations, please click to download.
WTA Workshop Evaluation (pdf 21kb)
WORKSHOP SPONSORS
We greatly appreciate the financial support of our workshop sponsors:
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