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		<title>Interpretation Australia Conference coming soon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interpretation Australia’s 2026 National Conference is coming up this 9-10 September, and Wildlife Tourism Australia is proud to be part of the program. Held on Ngunnawal Country at the National Museum of Australia, the conference brings together guides, storytellers, digital innovators and cultural custodians for two days of inspiration, connection and shared insight. This year’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>30&#215;30 symposium and Beyond, IUCN 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ronda Green As both chair of Wildlife Tourism Australia and chair of the Biodiversity Working Group of IUCN&#8217;s TAPAS (Tourism and Protected Areas) I very much hoped to attend this symposium in person and join face to face discussions with people I really waned to meet. Since I was unable to do so, I joined [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tourism and biodiversity conservation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 08:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ronda. J Green, chair of Wildlife Tourism Australia Over the past couple of years I&#8217;ve had several conversations with other members of the Biodiversity Working Group within the IUCN&#8217;s Tourism and Protected Areas (TAPAS) group on genuine nature-positive tourism as opposed to green-washing by tour operations for PR purposes. There are many in the tourism [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review. Living Water: Marine Ecotourism, Communities and Conservation by José Truda Palazzo, Jr.</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/book-review-living-water-marine-ecotourism-communities-and-conservation-by-jose-truda-palazzo-jr/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 06:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Koalas in SEQ: WildlifeWebinar 4 in series</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/koalas-in-seq-wildlifewebinar-4-in-series/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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/]]></description>
		
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		<title>SEQ Wildlife webinars no 5 &#8211;  gliders and other possums</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		
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		<title>An example of business assisting conservation in Tasmania</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/an-example-of-business-assisting-conservation-in-tasmania/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jane Goodall &#8211; a loss to our planet but her legacy continues</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 01:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kangaroos and kin. SEQ Wildlife Webinar 3 Part 2</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/kangaroos-and-kin-seq-wildlife-webinar-3-part-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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/]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kangaroos and kin. SE Qld Webinar series 3 Part 1</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/kangaroos-and-kin-se-qld-webinar-series-3-part-1/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronda Green]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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&#8217;t occur here). Please also [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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