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Marine turtles: Tourism, Research and Conservation

Mar 30, 2021 | Caring for wildlife, Conservation of wildlife and their habitats, News | 2 comments

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 is often a highlight of a snorkelling or SCUBA session. These large and...

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....

Wildlife Tourism Australia 2020 AGM

Sep 23, 2020 | News

plus lunch, interpretive walk, book launch, presentations and discussions Wednesday 21st October2020 The Barn, Binna Burra (and via Zoom) This event took place 21/11/2020 A report will soon be uploaded Schedule: Wildlife Tourism workshop, Binna Burra 2015 12.00...

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...

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