Through a Regional Learning Workshop on the Effective Management of Protected Areas organised by the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), the 11 managers and senior staff involved in the management of Asean Heritage Parks and protected areas learned the elements and principles of ecotourism, as w
Traditional Owners are working in partnership with the Queensland Government to ensure the environmental, cultural and heritage protection of the Cape York Peninsula.The future of more than 2 million hectares of protected areas across the Cape York Peninsula is being overseen by a special committ
A new study finds that living near a protected area in the developing world decreases poverty and increases childhood health. Parks with tourism or multi-use were the best at delivering benefits to local populations. Click on the link to read the full article.
Figures from the United States National Park Service show that visitors to the National Park of American Samoa created $US2.2 million in economic benefits last year. Click on the link below to read the full article.
An announcement on Monday to add 18,000 hectares of land to the NSW conservation network " including land in the Greater Blue Mountains " has been attacked by the Labor party and environment groups as a "drop in the ocean".Click on the link below to read the full article.
Lincoln University and the Department of Conservation are teaming up to meet "a desperate need" in the parks and recreation sector. Click on the link below to read the full article.
After being run by the government since their creation, facing the threat of being closed down after the Great Recession, Jack London State Historic Park and Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Sonoma County, California (USA) moved to a community run management model.Click on the link below to read the
A major exhibition on the development of New Zealand"s National Parks has just opened in Beijing. Produced by Lincoln University, the exhibition showcases New Zealand"s protected areas and encompasses a range of exhibits...Click on the link below to read the full story.
The Conservation and Environment Protection Authority is now keen to upgrade all its national parks and conservations areas, Environment Minister John Pundari said in Parliament.Click on the link below to read the full story.
The tourism sector is recognized as the largest global market-based contributor to the financing of protected area systems in many countries... However, most countries currently underuse tourism as a means to contribute towards the financial sustainability of protected areas.