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As detailed in a June 2023 event in Grenoble, France, business schools hold partial responsibility for the longstanding behaviour of multinational corporations (MNCs) in indigenous territories.
Some work is already being done to enhance the tourism sector’s environmental sustainability.
A non-fatal crocodile attack on a tourist last week made headlines. But talk of culling is an over-reaction to a fairly isolated incident.
The multi-billion-dollar whale-watching industry enables millions of people to see these magnificent creatures up close. But the noise made by so many boats is a threat to whales’ wellbeing.
Holidays should be a time for children to relax both their bodies and their brains.
Wilderness gives our mental health a real boost. But growing private interests in national parks are stopping those less well off from free nature therapy.
Sperm whales support ecotourism in Kaikōura and blue whales come to feed off the New Zealand coast – but both may become a rare sight as ocean temperatures continue to rise.
Nature is both the trigger for, and answer to, the grief that will increasingly be with us.
Tourism revenues account for almost 10% of Costa Rica’s gross domestic product. New research shows that charismatic wildlife is necessary but not sufficient to attract ecotourists.
Africa’s public and private protected areas took a massive blow from the collapse in tourism because of the pandemic. Tourism is a key source of funding for managing protected areas.
Nigeria must improve biodiversity awareness among its citizens to stem animal poaching and halt biodiversity loss.
Given its environmental damage, tourism must seriously reconsider its purpose in a post-pandemic world.
This is the first study to link human activity with a change in whale sharks’ life stages.
Australia’s island destinations attract millions of visitors a year. We need a better approach to ecotourism to protect their natural assets.
South Africa’s that current land reform strategies focus too narrowly on agricultural outcomes and transferred ownership - this undermines equitable and sustainable land reform.
A new study evaluates what South African landowners who run trophy hunting operations would do in the event of a hunting ban.
The findings will help determine the age of whale sharks, protecting the endangered animals into the future.
A green criminologist weighs up the evidence.
Former fishermen in the Philippines are lifting their families out of poverty through whale shark tourism.
Top contributors
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International Chair in Ecotourism Research, Griffith University
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Research Fellow at the Centre for Planetary Health and Resilient Conservation Group, Griffith University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management/ Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia
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Senior Researcher, African Wildlife Economy Institute and Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Senior Principal Research Scientist - Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Professor, University of Waterloo
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Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor, James Cook University
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Research Fellow, Southern Cross University
