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Prof David Newsome

Murdoch University

Presentation: A handful of sand, what looks like dead scrub and what? No elephants!

David Newsome

David Newsome, Emeritus Associate Professor

Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, WA

David’s interests focus on nature-based tourism with a particular emphasis on the environmental impacts of recreation and tourism, the sustainability of tourism in national parks and nature reserves, evaluation of the quality of ecotourism operations, geological tourism and wildlife tourism. David is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and Shark Bay World Heritage Advisory Committee. He has a particular interest in undertaking projects that will aid in the development of sustainable tourism in the Asian region. His publications include more than 150 journal articles, book chapters and reports. Substantial contributions include the books Natural Area Tourism: ecology, impacts and management and Wildlife Tourism. David is also co-editor of four books covering tourism where the focus is on geology and landscape. 

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=PQ2HunsAAAAJ&hl=en

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