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Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop
Thursday 17thMay, 2012
Commercial and philanthropic opportunities
for enhancing wildlife conservation
through Ecotourism
Angus M Robinson &
Susanna Bradshaw
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Agenda
�A question of definitions and principles
�Foundation for National Parks & W
ildlife
�Current ecotourism
related partnerships
�Australian National Landscapes
�Philanthropy opportunities and vision
�Take aways
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Incorporating all types of “place based”tourism
Boley, B.B. after Thompson, S. 2009
Sightseeing
Cuisine
Agritourism
Indigenous
Tourism
Heritage
Tourism
Cultural
Tourism
NATURE
BASED
TOURISM
Geotourism
i.e. ‘experiential
tourism’
Geotourism
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
A Question of Definitions
‘Nature Based’activities:
�Nature tourism involves travel to unspoiled places to
experience and enjoy nature.
�Adventure tourism is nature tourism
‘on steroids’
�Wildlife tourism involves travel to observe anim
als, birds
and fish in their native habitats.
�Ecotourism
is responsible travel to natural areas that
conserves the environment & improves the w
ell-being of
local people, defined by a set of principles.
Source: Honey, 2008: Ecotourism
and Sustainable Development and
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Seven Principles of Ecotourism
1.Involves travel to natural destinations
2.Minim
ises impact
3.Builds environmental awareness
4.Provides financial benefits
and empowermentfor
local people
5.Respects local culture
6.Supports human rights
and democratic m
ovements
7.Provides direct financial benefits for conservation
Source: Honey, 2008: Ecotourism
and Sustainable Development
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Australian Definition of Ecotourism
�Ecotourism
is ecologically sustainable tourism
with a
primary focus on experiencing natural areas that
fosters
environmental and cultural understanding,
appreciation and conservation.
�Ecotourism Australiabelieves that the ultim
ate
definition of ecotourism
is compliance w
ith the core
criteria stated within the Eco Certification Program.
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Eco Certification Criteria
�In Australia, ECO Certification has three levels of
achievement which have been developed to
accommodate for a range of businesses and,
�their level of commitment to sustainability,
dedication/applicability to socialand cultural
responsibilities, and
�the level ofinterpretationand educationinvolved
in the product(s).
�Currently no specific focus on philanthropy/funding of
wildlife conservation research.
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
�When then Premier of NSW, the Hon Tom Lewis M
P,
first established the NSW National Parks & W
ildlife
Service, he had a vision of establishing a
complementaryorganisation, constituted mainly
from the corporate sector , to acquire parks for the
Service. Hence the birth of the Foundation for
National Parks & Wildlife
in 1970.
�Today the Foundation continues thetradition of
growing parksand caring for them and the species that
inhabit them.
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Foundation achievements
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Volunteering Land for Conservation
�The Foundation for National Parks & W
ildlife is the
only organisation in Australia whose philanthropy is
an investment in our public estate, for all to enjoy.
�There are tax incentives for landholders donating
landbut thereal value is the growth of our national
parksand the protection given to our plants and
animals cared for under their management.
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Growing Our National Parks
�Growing our parks is essential to safeguard our
natural heritagefor future Australians.
�National Parks remain the core of our protected land
system.
�The Foundation continues to purchase suitable land
to add to extend our national reservesfor future
generations.
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
The Foundation & Philanthropy
�Since its inception in 1970, the Foundation has been
funding scientifically based projects for the
benefit of Australian native species.
�To date the Foundation has saved four species from
extinction and funded projects to research &
conserve over 30 other Australian plant and anim
al
species.
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Over 40 Years of Caring
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Foundation achievements
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Foundation achievements
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Foundation achievements
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Foundation achievements
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Foundation Partnerships
�Funding w
ildlife research conservation projects
�Biodiversity, geodiversity, cultural or heritage focus
�Includes environmental interpretation projects
�Targeted to m
ake the difference!
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
YuraygirCoastal Walk
Minimal impact, local benefits
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
YuraygirCoastal Walk
Follow the coastal emu
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
YuraygirCoastal Walk
Provides direct financial benefits for conservation
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Strategic Partnerships
Accommodation Providers within Protected Areas
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Strategic Partnership Opportunities
Ecotourism & Threatened Species –Eastern Quolls
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
University of Tasmania Project
Eastern Quoll Trapping, Tasmania
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
University of Tasmania Project
Eastern Quoll Monitoring
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
University of Tasmania Project
Eastern Quoll Pathology Testing
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
NP&WS ‘Koala Care’Project -Gunnedah
Tracking Koalas
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
NP&WS ‘Koala Care’Project -Gunnedah
Koala Wrangling
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
NP&WS ‘Koala Care’Project -Gunnedah
Project Ambassador -Koala Examination
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
NP&WS ‘Koala Care’Project -Gunnedah
Koala ‘Unwrangling’
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
NP&WS ‘Koala Care’Project -Gunnedah
Thanks A Lot Mister!
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
NP&WS ‘Koala Care’Project -Gunnedah
Koala Scat Research!
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Project Expeditions
Providing supporters with hands on experience
�Foundation volunteer Project Ambassadors undertake
field trips to experience, first hand, the w
ork of the
scientists and researchers they are supporting.
�The Foundation is looking to extend this opportunity
to project sponsorship in partnership w
ith Earthwatch
who run sim
ilar expeditions.
http://www.earthwatch.org/australia/expeditions/
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
EarthwatchGreat OtwayNP
Koala Research Program for Volunteers
�Help scientists study the response of koalas to climate
change to conserve their habitats and population.
�Traverse the Great Otw
ayNP w
hile conducting valuable
research on koala habitats to understand the impact of
climate change on population &
behaviour.
�During organised expeditions, volunteers w
ill get the
chance to w
ork closely w
ith koalas and be involved in
all aspects of the research.
�Leisure Solutions®
is a current year sponsor.
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Australian National Landscapes
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Scenic Rim
Green Cauldron National Landscape
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
‘Values Based’Philanthropy Opportunities
linked to Ecotourism
�Royalty payments from tour operators
�Corporate sponsorship of part or full project costs
�Per unit donations for research costs e.g. pathology
tests, GPS collars
�Sponsorship of vehicle leases
�‘voluntourists’
e.g. Earthwatch, Conservation Volunteers
Australia, World Expeditions etc
http://www.ecotourism.org/voluntourism
�Field Research ‘experiential’tourism
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Leisure Solutions®
Philanthropy Vision
Now:
�To act ‘on call’as an interested sponsor of threatened
species wildlife conservation projects
which have
(preferably) as their principal objective, the
maintenance and/or regeneration of wildlife habitat.
These projects can be located either within national
parks or within public or private lands in any location in
Australia.
Future:
�To undertake these projects in the area in which the
ecotouris being undertaken.
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Take Aways
�Ecotourism
requires a commitment by tour operators and
accommodation providers
to contribute to providing direct
financial benefits for conservation.
�Demonstrated opportunities are now readily available
for
industry participation.
�With an increasing level of promotion of ‘nature based’tourism
into both established protected areas and National Landscapes,
more opportunities will arise.
�In tim
e, it is predicted that eco-certification will directly
embrace wildlife conservation support.
�The Foundationis a leading NGO providing a vehicle for
ecotourism driven philanthropy.
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
Wildlife Tourism Australia Workshop | Caring for Australia’s Natural and Cultural Heritage since 1970
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