I was at the Destination Q forum, with the premier and various ministers discussing what was needed to boost the tourism industry.
I spent most of my time in the ecotourism workshop, as did the premier
Hunting and shooting was not discussed in the sessions I was in, but when I returned after attending another session towards the end of the day, hunting and fishing in national parks was up there on the board – no mention of whether it was just ferals, or what kinds of restriction or regulation, and no time left for discussion.
We need to ask a lot of questions.
I had said earlier in the day that while I agreed with simplifying some of the red tape, we need to have more research on where various activities could and couldn’t be sustainably added to various parks, and to provide baselines for on-going monitoring of effects, but the premier later said we need to just start doing these things and then see if they’re sustainable: I don’t see this as a good way of finding out the effects on our more cryptic species
Cheers
Ronda
Ronda Green, BSc(Hons) PhD Araucaria Ecotours http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com platypuscorner@bigpond.com ph 61 7 5544 1283 Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AraucariaEcotours Araucaria Blog: http://araucariaecotours.com.au
Chair Wildlife Tourism Australia: http://wildlifetourism.org.au Chair Scenic Rim Wildlife: http://scenicrim.wildlife.org.au/ Adjunct research fellow, Environmental Futures Centre, Griffith University
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