Heather Zeppel

• BSc, GradDip, MEdSust, PhD
• Fellow at University of Southern Queensland

Effective communication of safety information for visitors to national parks and other protected areas is essential, particularly where the potential consequences of incidents are severe. Signs are often the primary communication tool for safety messages in national parks. Compliance-based approaches to safety signs using standards drawn from occup...

A report reviewing latest literature and research regarding visitor safety, visitor behaviour and safety signs in natural areas, such as national parks and beaches

This report assesses green purchasing practices by local government associations and councils. Green public procurement is the purchase of ‘goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle’ (European Union, 2011). It includes the purchase of sustainable technologies, products and services for energy, water,...

Tourism is susceptible to the impacts of climate change on destinations and businesses, but also contributes to the causes of climate change via greenhouse gas emissions from travel. This article reports on carbon mitigation actions by environmentally certified tourism enterprises in Queensland, Australia. The survey results profile attitudes to cl...

This paper presents survey results on tourism operator preferences and motivations for carbon offset options by environmentally certified tourism enterprises in Queensland, Australia. It found that less than a third are involved in carbon offset programmes, whereas just over a third plan to implement offsetting in the near future. Preferred offset...

Climate change and carbon mitigation are key issues for local government. This paper evaluates carbon actions by 32 local councils in Queensland, Australia. A climate action framework and carbon management matrix were used to assess corporate citizenship by councils on emissions reduction. This study found carbon actions related to council size and...

This paper presents survey results on tourism operator preferences and motivations for carbon offset options by environmentally certified tourism enterprises in Queensland, Australia. It found less than a third are involved in carbon offset programs while just over a third plan to implement offsetting in the near future. Preferred offset projects a...

Carbon offsetting by Queensland councils: Motives and benefits

Climate futures: Carbon mitigation actions by Adelaide councils

This chapter looks at the role of transnational local government (LG) networks in urban climate governance, where the term urban includes cities, towns and other metropolitan municipalities. Local authorities are recognised as one of the nine major groups in Agenda 21 and included in the UN Commission of Sustainable Development (UN 2009). LG was of...

The Australian tourism industry is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on natural areas and the destination choices of long-haul travellers concerned about carbon emissions. A National Tourism and Climate Change Taskforce was established in 2007; with a national action plan for Tourism and Climate Change produced in 2008. Implementing these...

There is growing concern about climate change impacts on local government areas. In Australia, the federal carbon tax (from 1 July 2012) will also increase costs for local councils. This paper evaluates what carbon mitigation (i.e. energy, water, and waste management) actions have been implemented by metropolitan Adelaide councils (n=14) and why (o...

Climate change impacts such as coral bleaching are now evident on many coral reefs visited by tourists. This paper reports on climate change workshops and climate change actions implemented by tourism operators and agencies in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, with a focus on eco-efficiency initiatives. The results of a climate change act...

There is a growing body of knowledge about the impacts of climate change on tourism destinations and about tourism’s commitment to address these impacts. However, there has been limited research about climate change responses by national or sub-national tourism agencies and the role they play in providing information, incentives and leadership to e...

This paper reports on carbon mitigation actions adopted by Greater Adelaide councils (n=14) in South Australia. A survey of environmental officers profiled carbon mitigation actions, emissions auditing, and motives for emissions reduction by councils. The main reasons for carbon actions were a climate change plan, showing climate leadership, and co...

There is a growing body of knowledge about the impacts of climate change on tourism destinations and about tourism’s commitment to address these impacts. However, there has been limited research about climate change responses by national or sub-national tourism agencies and the role they play in providing information, incentives and leadership to e...

This paper reports on carbon mitigation by environmentally certified Queensland tourism enterprises (n=83). The survey results profile attitudes to climate change, emissions auditing, carbon mitigation actions, and motives for emissions reduction. The main reasons for carbon actions were marketing climate friendly tourism, attracting green tourists...

Carbon action in Queensland

This paper reviews adaptation actions in climate change strategies by four urban Queensland coastal councils (e.g. Cairns, Gold Coast, Redland, and Sunshine Coast), and two community-based climate action plans for Bribie Island, and the Noosa Biosphere. The actions in these six plans are analysed for their adaptive response categories: Emphasising...

The new green age: Carbon mitigation by Queensland tourism enterprises

Tourism and the implications of climate change: Issues and actions (book review)

The New Green Age: Carbon Mitigation by Queensland Tourism Enterprises

Climate Change Mitigation Survey of Queensland Local Councils: Final Report.

In western countries, whales and dolphins are iconic wildlife species and have been a key focus of marine conservation efforts since the 1970s. Social values based on conservation influence the type of benefits now sought from marine wildlife interactions, such as the trend towards non-consumptive viewing of wild cetaceans rather than killing whale...

Climate change mitigation and adaptation is now a focus within government, industry, education, and research. This includes developing green industries and technologies addressing climate change along with new sustainability skills and knowledge in the workplace. These areas were a key focus of the Second Climate Change at Work Conference held in A...

Climate Change and Australian Tourism: A Research Bibliography

Green tourism futures: Climate change responses by Australian government tourism agencies

Indigenous ecotourism in preserving and empowering Mayan natural and cultural values at Palenque, Mexico.

Climate Change and Global Tourism: A Research Compendium

Green Tourism Futures: Climate Change Responses by Australian Government Tourism Agencies

The National Climate Change Adaptation Framework identified tourism as one key sector vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Australia. This paper evaluates how nine government tourism agencies are responding to the issue of climate change in Australia. Information on climate change, sustainability and going green is drawn from the corporat...

This article addresses the role of cultural values in sustainable tourism. It evaluates cultural conflicts between indigenous groups, recreation users and management agencies over the appropriate amenity use of protected areas in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. It assesses both social values conflicts and interpersonal conflicts between groups...

There are situational variables affecting the implementation of environmental management practices by specialist (or boutique) accommodation operators located near protected areas in Far North Queensland. These styles of accommodation are small, owner-operated establishments offering special activities, features or services to the guest and have a...

There are situational variables affecting the implementation of environmental management practices by specialist (or boutique) accommodation operators located near protected areas in Far North Queensland. These styles of accommodation are small, owner-operated establishments offering special activities, features or services to the guest and have a...

Cultural Values in Sustainable Tourism: Conflicts Between Indigenous Culture and Recreation in Protected Areas.

Managing Swim with Wild Dolphin Tourism in Australia: Guidelines, Operator Practices and Research on Impacts.

This paper evaluates cultural conflicts between indigenous groups, recreation users and management agencies over the appropriate amenity use of protected areas in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. It assesses both social values conflicts and interpersonal conflicts between groups with different worldviews about landscapes, resource use and recrea...

This paper evaluates Aboriginal cultural interpretation at wildlife attractions and wildlife tours in Australia. The sites included 14 wildlife parks or zoos; three Aboriginal-owned emu or crocodile farms; and 16 wildlife tours, river cruises or resorts with Indigenous interpretation of wildlife. Telephone interviews were conducted with 35 managers...

Marine wildlife tours provide a range of education and conservation benefits for visitors. These benefits derive from interpretation programs and close personal encounters with marine wildlife. Interpretive information covers the biology, ecology and behaviors of marine species, best practice guidelines, and human threats to marine life. There has...

Marine wildlife tours can provide a range of education and conservation benefits for visitors, including emotional (i.e., affective) responses and learning (i.e., cognition). Interpretive programs cover the biology, ecology, and behavior of marine species; best practice guidelines; and human threats to marine areas. The author reviews the education...

The Preferences of Potential Marine Research Tourists for Different Marine Research Tourism Products in Australia

Aboriginal Marine Tourism, Aboriginal Whale Watching

Families as a Nature Tourism Market Segment in North Queensland

This book seeks to underscore the need for scientific approaches to first understanding and then managing tourist interactions with marine wildlife. It draws upon the work of leading natural and social scientists whose work serves the interests of sustainable wildlife-based marine tourism. Thus from within the natural science disciplines of marine...

This article evaluates indigenous wildlife interpretation at captive wildlife attractions in Australia. The sites included 13 wildlife parks/sanctuaries or zoos, one aquarium, and three indigenous-owned emu or crocodile farms. Telephone interviews were conducted with 35 managers (9 indigenous) and 26 indigenous staff at wildlife attractions that in...

Meeting Flipper in the Wild: Managing Swim With Dolphin Tourism in Australia

Marine Wildlife Tourism: Education and Conservation Benefits

Native Title Rights and Ecotourism on Aboriginal Lands

Environmental Practices of Tourism Operators in the Daintree Rainforest, North Queensland, Australia.

Indigenous Ecotourism: Nature Conservation, Tourism and Indigenous Land Rights

Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Management Practices by Specialist Accommodation Operations in Far North Queensland.

Tourism Operators and Their Environmental Practices: Douglas Shire, North Queensland

Indigenous Interpretation of Australian Wildlife: Cultural Values in Tourism Operations

Managing Environmental Tourism in Douglas Shire, North Queensland

Environmental Practices of Tourism Operators in Douglas Shire, North Queensland

This book provides an overview of the extent of international ecotourism policy. A key objective of the book is to highlight the importance of balancing social, ecological, and economic factors in the development of policy for the ecotourism industry. Thus sustainability issues are addressed from a variety of approaches at a range of levels. The bo...

This study examines visitor responses to cultural presentations at the Cowichan Native Village on Vancouver Island, Canada. A self-completed survey was used to collect information from 496 Canadian and international visitors at the Native Village. The results provide a cultural profile of visitor experiences and satisfaction with a native-owned tou...

Indigenous Tourism in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland

Indigenous Wildlife Tourism in Australia: Wildlife Attractions, Cultural Interpretation and Indigenous Involvemen

Indigenous Wildlife Tourism in Australia: Issues and Opportunities

Cultural Tourism at the Cowichan Native Village, British Columbi

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Maori and Aboriginal Tourism: Research, Marketing and Development

Ecotourism and Indigenous Peoples

The Eora Aboriginal People are the original inhabitants of the Sydney region [in NSW, Australia]. There are an estimated 2, 000 Aboriginal rock engravings in Sydney. Some museums in Sydney now acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal owners and use Eora words to name their exhibitions. These include: Ngaramang bayumi – music & dance (Powerhouse Museu...

Aboriginal Tourism in Australia: A Research Bibliography