Wildlife Tourism Fighting Extinction
27-30 October 2026
Return to main conference page https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/wildlife-tourism-australia-conference-2026/
We are now calling for submissions of abstracts (summaries of presentations) for this conference, which is to be held at Healesville Sanctuary, with a mid-conference excursion to Moonlit Sanctuary.
Registration is now open, and there are discounts for members and for students and low- and middle-income countries.
Call for oral presentations ended 30 June 2026, but there may be a few spaces available, and ideas for poster papers can still be submitted.
Formatting your abstract:
- Font: Arial
- Title: Sentence style, bolded, Size 14
- Author name/s and body of abstract: Size 12, not bolded
- Title of your presentation
- Your name
- Your affiliation (university, NGO, tour company etc,)
- Name/s of any co-author/s
- Whether you prefer to give a talk (about 12 minutes), a speed-talk (about 4 minutes), coordinate a discussion group on a relevant topic (40minutes) or present a poster (up to A0 size, horizontally or vertically(
- Subtheme you would like it to fit into (see below)
- The abstract itself – summarising what you intend presenting (no longer than 300 words)
- Whether you would like just your abstract (adjusted to past tense where appropriate) or an extended abstract or full report (provided by yourself within a month of the conference) to be included in our final conference report which will be available on our website as a downloadable pdf
- Whether you are ok with a pdf of your presentation being available n our website
Send your abstract and any queries to: chair@wildlifetourismaustralia.org.au
Subthemes:
- Captive breeding and release
- Preserving and restoring habitat (including examples of wildlife tourism saving habitats rom other more destructive land or marine use)
- Assisting conservation projects, including conservation-related research
- Educating guides, travellers and locals (including governments) about mini-impact wildlife viewing, anti-poaching cautions and the ecological needs of wildlife
- Minimising our own impacts on species and habitats
- Other relevant themes
For an example of a previous conference report please see https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/wildlife-tourism-conference-2022/. The report of the 2024 conference will be available early in the new year.
Registration now open
Return to main conference page https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/wildlife-tourism-australia-conference-2026/