Wildlife Tourism Australia Blog - News and Events

Wildlife Tourism on Public and Private Lands

May 22, 2022 | News | 3 comments

Free Webinar: 11.00am (Brisbane time) Wednesday 29 June 2022 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr Hector Ceballos-Lascurain (see below) Contact chair@wildlifetourismaustralia.org.au for details on how to join. Viewing a king parrot at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, a...

Is Iran a Safe Destination for Wildlife-Watching?

Apr 23, 2022 | News | 0 comments

[Please note: views expressed in this article are those of the author, and situations can change rapidly at times. Please check your government’s recommendations before travel, bearing in mind they do often err on the side of caution in their efforts to keep...

Learning from the Success of Marine Turtle Conservation: Why Do People Volunteer?

Feb 18, 2022 | News | 1 comment

Author: Edith Shum By Edith Shum: edith.shum@my.jcu.edu.au I was introduced to the human dimension in conservation during my graduate studies in Australia, and was surprised to see how few management decisions integrate human relationships with nature. When it...

Call for papers WTA conference 2022

Feb 10, 2022 | News | 1 comment

Deadline for abstracts: Monday 26th September We welcome presentations of the themes as listed on the main conference page. These can be : Academic research on benefits of wildlife tourism to wildlife (both positive and negative results – it’s useful to...

Innovation during Covid: new markets and products

Jan 23, 2022 | Events | 2 comments

Wendy Bithell of Vision Walks has found a way to manage very well during lockdown and beyond This free webinar was held on Tuesday 8th March 2022 Engaging domestic travellers when internationals aren’t comingKeeping afloat through the tough timesPredicting what...

International Webinar on Wildlife Tourism

Nov 9, 2021 | News | 0 comments

Prof Noel Scott, University of the Sunshine Coast, represented Wildlife Tourism Australia as well as USC at this event recently The Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (SDAL) Faculty of MIPA UNNES in collaboration with Tanjung Puting National Park...

New book: Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, by Albert Teo

Nov 8, 2021 | News | 0 comments

Ronda J Green Would you like to watch a wild orangutan mother building a nest for herself and her baby? A family of proboscis monkeys, with the strange, large noses, feeding in the trees nay the river as your boat quietly glides closer? Rhinoceros hornbills, pigmy...

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...