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Tamara
Vallance
QLD Parks and Wildlife |
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Tourism
and Protection Through Partnerships
Day
2, 09:00-09:30 |
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Biography
Vallance, Tamara, B. Sc (Hons) (JCU)
Tamara Vallance is a senior conservation officer
with the Tourism and Visitor Services Branch
of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service,
Department of Environment and Resource Management.
She has more than 15 years experience with
interpretation, communication, community engagement
and environmental education.
World Heritage – Bringing
universities and government together
World Heritage listing provides
the highest level of recognition of heritage
significance that can be associated with an
area. Presentation of the world heritage values
is an obligation under the convention. For
managers of protected areas, delivery of such
obligations can be problematic. This has been
the case for Riversleigh, which together with
Naracoorte Caves, were jointly added as the
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites World Heritage
Area in 1994. The first Riversleigh Community
and Scientific Advisory Committee meeting
was held in 2007. That same year the first
visitor study at the Riversleigh World Heritage
Site was conducted. This research has been
used to inform the recently developed Draft
Riversleigh Interpretive Plan. The plan comprehensively
reviews interpretation on and off site, and
provides recommendations to significantly
improve the visitor experience. This paper
reports on the visitor research and the development
of the interpretive plan.
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Quach
Van An
Secretary - Mui Ca Mau Biosphere Reserve |
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Tourism
in Protected Areas
Day
2, 11:00-11:30 |
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Biography
I was born and grew up in
a poor countryside, the southernmost of Vietnam.
After graduating Bachelor degree in Environment
Management, I went back to my province to
help poor people and became a local government
official, provincial department of science
and technology. I try to provide many projects
on applying new techniques and initiative,
training, and transferring practical research
results to farmers and fishers helping them
to improve their income. I also spent two
years co-working with Coastal Wetland Protection
Development Project, supporting from Work
Bank. I worked as an official for monitoring
and evaluating. And then, I became a Ford
Foundation Fellow, International Fellowship
Program in 2005, after studying two years
on Master of Arts in Environmental Science
and Policy, I again went back my province
to serve my community. After 09 years for
working and studying, I become a vice division
of science and technology management, provincial
department of science and technology; secretary
of science and technology committee; secretary
of Mui Ca Mau biosphere reserve. I continue
my working, continue serving my community.
The link between Mui Ca Mau Biosphere
Reserve and Ecotourism
The connection between Mui Ca Mau Biosphere
Reserve and eco-tourism aims to promote conservation
and sustainable likelihoods in the buffer
zones. Mui Ca Mau Biosphere Reserve is located
in Ca Mau province, the South of Vietnam.
There are three core zones of 371,506 ha that
include the strictly protected core zones
of Mui Ca Mau National Park, U Minh Ha National
Park and the coastal protected forests in
Ca Mau Western. This is the famous site of
beautiful land, seascape and high biodiversity
of mangrove and peat swamp. It also has rich
and special cultural heritage that reflects
the development history and spirit life of
local ethnic groups. This area is large potential
for eco-tourism, but it is slowly growing
and not to keep pace with the status. Local
communities in the buffer zone are still poor.
This present tries to link Mui Ca Mau Biosphere
Reserve to eco-tourism development. The report
discuss about potential eco-tourism, community
- based management, sustainable inhabitants’
livelihoods, and tourism services can contribute
to poverty reduction of 170,321 people living
in terrestrial buffer zones. The report also
discuss the plan to create opportunities for
participation of local communities in planning,
providing tourism services, and promoting
conservation.
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Liz
Ward
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Tourism Data Warehouse |
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EcoMarketing
Day
2, 14:00-14:30 |
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Biography
Liz Ward is the CEO of the Australian Tourism
Data Warehouse (the ATDW). The ATDW is Australia’s
national database and digital distribution platform
and is renowned as the world leader in digital
tourism information solutions.
Liz
has led the ATDW for almost five years and was
influential in its formation 12 years ago.
Previously
Liz enjoyed many years with Tourism Queensland
leading their International Marketing Operations
and e-Marketing departments.
Liz
has 20 years experience working with IT and
tourism.
Liz
has a passion for assisting Australia’s
industry to engage in technologies that enhance
their businesses by bringing more customers
to their door and efficiencies to their operations.
Liz has had the privilege of guiding many projects
in Australia that have resulted in the expansion
of consumer engagement with Australian products
and destinations and helped to move Australia
into the next generation of distribution.
Opportunity and the Long Tail
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Gail
Wright
Program and Relationship Manager 4WD - Parks
Victoria |
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Tourism
and Protection Through Partnerships
Day
2, 10:00-10:30 |
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Biography
Gail has worked in Protected Area Management
for the past 18 years with Parks Victoria in
a range of roles including ranger, interpretation,
regional communcations and marketing, media
liaison and tourism coordination. Her current
role is to strengthen a partnership with the
four wheel drive community.
She has developed a number
of partnerships in Eastern Victoria with indigenous
communities and her role in community information
during emergencies has led to a closer working
relationship between government agencies and
tourism bodies.
Gail has been a member of tourism
organisations for many years particularly in
the Gippsland region of Victoria. She was a
founding member of Destination Gippsland (DGi),
a 2008 Victorian Tourism Marketing Award winner
and currently sits on Great Alpine Road and
DGi Marketing.
Gail lives in far East Gippsland,
an environment of tall forests and a beautiful
coastline. She is passionate about tourism and
ensuring that the environment is managed sustainably.
Achieving this through partnerships that influence
attitudes or behavioural change is a motivator
for her work. She is also a partner in a long
term small business, East Gippsland Forest Seeds,
harvesting native seed for revegetation purposes.
Protecting our
Environment Through Partnerships - Parks Victoria
and Four Wheel Drive Victoria
Parks Victoria has formed a partnership
with Four Wheel Drive Victoria, the peak body
for four wheel drive clubs in Victoria. The
two orgsanisations have a signed MOU (Memorandum
of Understanding) outlining their commitments
to “driving within a sustainable environment”.
The MOU has been in place for four years and
during that time a number of government inititatives
have been developed to support the partnership.
These include accces to some management only
tracks in return for voluntary work, development
of six iconic 4 wheel drive touring routes and
trialling a track classification system. It
is envisioned these projects will support sustainable
four wheel driving and entice more four wheel
drive owners to become club members. A unique
four wheel drive camphost program is helping
educate both club and non-club members on driving
sustainably.
The talk will focus on how the partnership continues
to thrive with government support and explores
how it can continue to remain viable. |
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