Wildlife Tourism Australia

Book Review. Living Water: Marine Ecotourism, Communities and Conservation by José Truda Palazzo, Jr.

Ronda Green — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:58:49 +0000

Review by Ronda Green,PhD, Chair of Wildlife Tourism Australia. January 2026 There has been much written about pros and cons of wildlife tourism and ecotourism over the past couple of decades. it is true that even well-intentioned tourism has caused damage to nature, from species populations through to whole ecosystems. It is also true that […]

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Koalas in SEQ: WildlifeWebinar 4 in series

Ronda Green — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:55:08 +0000

Here is the pdf of our webinar on koalas in southeast Queensland. For an explanation of the series pease see https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/sharing-our-local-wildlife-with-olympic-guests/

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SEQ Wildlife webinars no 5 – gliders and other possums

Ronda Green — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:52:15 +0000

Here is the pdf of our webinar on gliders and possums of Southeast Queensland. See https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/sharing-our-local-wildlife-with-olympic-guests/ for details of the series.

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An example of business assisting conservation in Tasmania

Ronda Green — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:23:19 +0000

How Tourism Businesses Can Make a Genuine Impact: A Case from Southern Tasmania, Australia Dr Elleke Leurs October 2025 This is a real example of how a commercial tourism business can move beyond sustainability buzzwords and take meaningful action. In Southern Tasmania, the hospitality teams from ibis Styles Hotels ibis Styles Hobart and Mövenpick Hotel […]

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Jane Goodall – a loss to our planet but her legacy continues

Ronda Green — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 01:13:03 +0000

Ronda Green (chair WTA) So sad to hear of the passing of Dr Jane Goodall. She has been an inspiration to so many of us. Louis Leakey saw her potential as a highly-motivated young woman enthralled by animals and by the prospect of conducting research in the jungles of Africa, and he was right. She […]

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Kangaroos and kin. SEQ Wildlife Webinar 3 Part 2

Ronda Green — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:42:35 +0000

From Dr David Croft, our guests speaker for the day See also https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/kangaroos-and-kin-se-qld-webinar-series-3-part-1/

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Kangaroos and kin. SE Qld Webinar series 3 Part 1

Ronda Green — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:38:00 +0000

Clarification from queries after the webinar: the three largest species in the family were called kangaroos, with most of the others called wallabies. Tree kangaroos (which don’t occur in se Queensland) are considerably smaller,. but the wallaroos are large, and sometimes referred to as kangaroos (especially the antipolene, which also doesn’t occur here). Please also […]

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Problems with wildlife in zoos, and alternatives.

Ronda Green — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:21:33 +0000

Reproduced with permission from The Conversation. Editor’s note: as the author says, zoos do get involved in some important conservation work (we’ll be talking about this as well as wild-based tourism in our 2026 conference) but they shouldn’t function solely for amusement and profit. Queensland’s horrific lion attack shows wild animals should not be kept […]

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Wildlife of SE Queensland webinar No. 1: Why such high biodiversity here?

Ronda Green — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:44:27 +0000

Here is the first of our webinar series on Wildlife of Southeast Queensland Please visit https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/sharing-our-local-wildlife-with-olympic-guests/ for an explanation of this series of webinars.

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Platypus and Echidna: Webinar series 2 Part 3

Ronda Green — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:30:31 +0000

Echidnas in Southeast Queensland Please see: Platypus and Echidna: Webinar series 2 Part 1 https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/platypus-and-echidna-no-2-in-webinar-series-wildlife-seq/ Platypus and Echidna: Webinar series 2 Part 2 https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/platypus-and-echidna-webinar-series-2-part-2/ and https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/sharing-our-local-wildlife-with-olympic-guests/ for an explanation of the entire series

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