Wildlife Tourism Australia Blog - News and Events

Diving With Sentient Sharks And Shark Tourism

Oct 18, 2021 | Marine wildlife tourism, News | 2 comments

A recent Wildlife Tourism Australia webinar ‘Wildlife With A Popularity Problem’ examined bats, sharks, and dingos. Tony Isaacson (DiveCareDare) spoke of his experience of diving with sharks. And of sentient sharks… The webinar highlighted the bad reputation...

IUCN adopts Sustainable Tourism as a Theme

Sep 14, 2021 | News | 0 comments

Ronda J Green, PhD Wildlife Tourism Australia’s interest in sustainable tourism Tourism can impose many impacts on wildlife and local human communities, certainly not all good. On the other hand it can bring benefits to both. Wildlife Tourism Australia has held...

Wildlife with a popularity problem

Aug 13, 2021 | News | 2 comments

12.00noon to 1.30pm (Adelaide time) 27th September 2021 Free Webinar followed by Wildlife Tourism Australia’s AGM NOTE: a more detailed report will be available soon Some animals are loved by almost everyone – koalas, quokkas, fairy-wrens etc. Others tend...

Overcoming hurdles: Webinars June 2021

Jul 2, 2021 | News | 0 comments

Scroll down for abstracts and pdf’s of presentationsPlease feel free to join the discussion by posting comments Wildlife Tourism: Overcoming Hurdles Marine turtle workshops 1 and 2 See: https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/turtle-workshops-june-2021/,...

Turtle Workshops June 2021

Jun 21, 2021 | News | 0 comments

Turtle Workshop 1 Summarised (and somewhat paraphrased) Conversations from our first workshop 21 June 2021 Participants: Ronda Green (WTA), Maree Kerr (WTA), Leah Burns (WTA), Jennie Gilbert (Turtle Rehab Centre, Cairns), Noel Scott (University of Sunshine Coast),...

Marine turtles: Tourism, Research and Conservation

Mar 30, 2021 | Caring for wildlife, Conservation of wildlife and their habitats, News | 3 comments

See also: https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/turtle-workshops-june-2021/ Ronda Green, PhD (chair Wildlife Tourism Australia) Dr Jennifer Gilbert with a green turtle at the Turtle Rehabilitation Centreon Fitzroy Island, Far North Queensland. Meeting a turtle underwater...

Overpopulation and overtourism effects on wildlife: what can we do?

Feb 3, 2021 | News | 4 comments

This webinar was held on 3 March 2021 (International Wildlife Day), originally proposed by WTA member John Steley. A replay will be available soon Ever-increasing human population puts ever more pressure on nature, including wildlife, and also human welfare. Several...

Wildlife Tourism Futures (new book)

Oct 21, 2020 | News | 0 comments

A new book, including chapters by several WTA members (Leah Burns, Rie Usui, Ronda Green), is to be released in December 2020 https://www.channelviewpublications.com/page/detail/?k=9781845418199 Wildlife Tourism Futures: Encounters with Wild, Captive and Artificial...

Mass deaths of endangered African vultures

Oct 15, 2020 | News | 0 comments

THE MASSIVE DEATH OF HOODED VULTURE IN UPPER RIVER REGION IN SABI by Fagimba Camara, Research officer West African Bird Study Association (WABSA) October 2020 [Fagimba is one of Wildlife Tourism Australia’s newest members, and a dedicated conservationist....

Saving Sun Bears

Jun 30, 2020 | News | 0 comments

Sarah Pye first visited Borneo in 2012, ostensibly to see orangutans in the wild. When she met Dr Wong Siew Te, Founder of the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, and saw the world’s ‘forgotten bear’ hanging 40m in the air, she asked what she could do to help sun...