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Thousands of wildlife photographs are taken every day – they could prove very valuable for conservation.
A new network of 20 sites have been declared as marine protected areas in South Africa.
A scholar who travels regularly to the US-Mexico border finds ecological links and a community on the other side that welcomes American visitors.
In Rwanda gorillas have been leaving protected areas to raid sodium rich crops.
Wild animals don’t mind humans in their habitats, so long as they make as little noise as possible.
Wildlife tourism is a million dollar industry, but do we know enough about how wildlife feel about tourists in their habitat?
Around Australia, and the world, national parks are under threat from the curious paradox of luxury ecotourism.
As the mid-winter break draws crowds to beaches, tourists may be wondering if their sunscreen is toxic to coral reefs.
Narratives about successful community-based conservation efforts in Tanzania need to be probed.
Newly revealed documents show the Commonwealth government approved a controversial tourism plan for Tasmania’s World Heritage wilderness without assessing it against federal conservation legislation.
Mind wandering engages the same neural pathways used to receive stimuli from the real world, evoking emotions similar to real life. VR can elicit these same feelings.
Efforts to conserve nature needs to include communities.
Sharks have a PR problem. But new research shows that shark ecotourism programs boost people’s knowledge and attitudes towards shark conservation – even among those who are green-minded to begin with.
For the first time research has quantified the global carbon footprint of tourists. It’s big – and getting bigger.
How to make your holiday better for the environment through sustainable tourism.
It’s not just the price to you, but how much it costs the destination.
Mining social media posts from tourism hotspots such as coral reefs could turn tourists into environmental citizen scientists without them even realising it.
Barcelona is under huge strain from tourism growth, but at least it is trying to do something about it. You could help as well…
Recurrent fires in Kenya’s Chyulu Hills have been linked to illegal activities and are often attributed to squatters who live in the hills.
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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
