Wildlife Tourism Australia Blog - News and Events

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...

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...