09/06/2024
Wildlife Tourism Workshop, 20th July associated with Geofest
https://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/wildlife-tourism-workshop-sydney-20-july/
Topics:
Wildlife of two highly diverse but mostly very different close neighbours, Australia and Indonesia. Dr Ronda Green, Chair of Wildlife Tourism Australia, Adjunct Research Fell9w, Griffith University.
The primates of Indonesia. Professor Jatna Supriatna, University of Indonesia, Indonesia Academy of Science
Australasian Exchanges and Extinctions: why is Australia, New Guinea and Wallacea so alike and yet so different? Professor Julien Louys, Palaeontology, Griffith University
Roundtable : Arousing tourist awareness of and interest in lesser-known creatures in volcanic landscapes
Let’s keep our animals where they belong: forensic investigations into illegal wildlife trafficking in Australia and Indonesia. Dr Simin Maleknia, Tetratherix Medical Devices.
Different ways of presenting local wildlife to tourists: animals commonly seen; animals present but rare or cryptic; and animals of past eras. Dr Ronda Green
Roundtable : Ways of interpreting wildlife in geotourism: examples and idea.
Roundtable : General open discussion on potential and techniques for including wildlife in geotourism.
Geotourism encompasses the underlying geological structure and processes of a region and how this affects the vegetation, wildlife and human culture (old and new). A Geofest this year includes two workshops on Geotourism in Indonesia and one in Sydney, Australia: 5th Geotourism Festival & Internatio...
