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Viewing entries posted in October 2016

Good luck to ecotourism members at 2016 state tourism awards

27 October 2016 | 0 Comments

Ecotourism Australia wishes good luck to all our certified members who have entered their State’s annual tourism awards. We will be thinking of you and cheering you along as the awards all take place during November. Please ensure you ‘share’ your news and photos with us. 

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How Drones Help Conservation Efforts

26 October 2016 | 0 Comments

Conservationists across Africa have a new tool to aid their efforts to save some of the planet’s most magnificent creatures. For over 200 years, if not longer, these animals have been hunted remorselessly. First as trophies to be stuffed and mounted, then for their horns, their ivory, pelts, and for pseudo-medicinal purposes in the far east. Still more are taken as cubs in the case of big cats, and sold to the middle east and other parts as pets.

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Mount Barney Lodge caretakers awarded search and rescue accolade

26 October 2016 | 0 Comments

The owner-operators of ECO certified Mount Barney Lodge country retreat, Innes Larkin and his father John, were presented with the 2016 Australian Search and Rescue Award at an event hosted by the Western Australia Police in Fremantle recently.

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Raising the bar for Ecotourism

26 October 2016 | 0 Comments

We are proud to announce that Ecotourism Australia board member and leading ecotourism industry spokesman, Peter Cochrane, has been elected to represent Oceania for a four-year term on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Governing Council.

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Australian GeoTours has joined Ecotourism Australia

25 October 2016 | 0 Comments

Ecotourism Australia is pleased to announce that Australian GeoTours has joined our membership as a new Business Member.

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Safe Hands Insurance joins Ecotourism Australia as a Business Member

25 October 2016 | 0 Comments

Ecotourism Australia welcomes Safe Hands Insurance to our Business Membership.

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Ecotourism and making a contribution

3 October 2016 | 0 Comments

Guest news story, courtesy of Jenny Lawrence at Gippsland High Country Tours.

As part of our commitment to Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism, Gippsland High Country Tours believes that our tour experiences should give something back to local communities and most importantly to the environments we visit.

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