Conservation benefits of interpretation on marine wildlife tours

H Zeppel, S Muloin - Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Marine wildlife tours provide a range of education and conservation benefits for visitors.
These benefits derive from interpretation programs and close personal encounters with …

[图书][B] Wildlife tourism

D Newsome, RK Dowling, SA Moore - 2005 - books.google.com
This book is a landmark contribution to the rapidly growing field of wildlife tourism, especially
in regard to its underpinning foundations of science, conservation and policy. Written by a …

Recreational impacts on the fauna of Australian coastal marine ecosystems

N Hardiman, S Burgin - Journal of environmental management, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent research into the ecological impacts of recreation and tourism on
coastal marine fauna in Australia. Despite the high and growing importance of water-based …

Education and conservation benefits of marine wildlife tours: Developing free-choice learning experiences

H Zeppel - The journal of environmental education, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Marine wildlife tours can provide a range of education and conservation benefits for visitors,
including emotional (ie, affective) responses and learning (ie, cognition). Interpretive …

Behavioral responses of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to whale‐watching vessels on the southeastern coast of Australia

KA Stamation, DB Croft, PD Shaughnessy… - Marine Mammal …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed the short‐term responses of humpback whales to whale‐watching
vessels during their southward migration along the south coast of New South Wales (NSW) …

Getting closer to whales—passenger expectations and experiences, and the management of swim with dwarf minke whale interactions in the Great Barrier Reef

PS Valentine, A Birtles, M Curnock, P Arnold… - Tourism …, 2004 - Elsevier
Whale-watching tourism is a growth industry worldwide. In Australia, with whale-watchers
approaching one million per annum there has been considerable effort to develop …

Wildlife tours in Australia: Characteristics, the place of science and sustainable futures

K Rodger, SA Moore, D Newsome - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Wildlife tourism is one of the fastest growing tourism sectors worldwide. Across the world the
number of tourists seeking close interaction with wildlife in their natural environment is …

Managing diving impacts on reef ecosystems: Analysis of putative influences of motivations, marine life preferences and experience on divers' environmental …

S Lucrezi, M Saayman, P van der Merwe - Ocean & coastal management, 2013 - Elsevier
Scuba diving is a growing form of tourism reflecting positively on the economy of coastal
communities. However, any negative impacts associated with scuba diving need to be …

Live-aboard dive boats in the Great Barrier Reef: regional economic impact and the relative values of their target marine species

N Stoeckl, A Birtles, M Farr, A Mangott… - Tourism …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Using data collected from more than 1,000 tourists on live-aboard dive boats operating in
the Cairns/Cooktown management area of the Great Barrier Reef, this paper estimates the …

[PDF][PDF] The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765), in Australian waters: a summary of current knowledge

GJ Parra, PJ Corkeron, H Marsh - Aquatic Mammals, 2004 - researchgate.net
Abstract Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins(Sousa chinensis) occur in the coastal northern
waters of Australia from approximately the Queensland–New South Wales border (31o27S …