Human-wildlife interaction guidelines in Western Australia
Human interactions with wildlife occur across a wide variety of contexts and oftenform the central component of nature based tourism operations. There is the potential for significant impacts on both humans and wildlife as a result of these interactive experiences. Protected area managers require gu...
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| description | Human interactions with wildlife occur across a wide variety of contexts and oftenform the central component of nature based tourism operations. There is the potential for significant impacts on both humans and wildlife as a result of these interactive experiences. Protected area managers require guidelines in order to effectively manage these interactions. The complexity of human-wildlife interactions creates challengesin terms of defining adequate guidelines to minimise risk. This paper uses a review of the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) human-wildlife interaction guidelines to highlight key issues influencing the clarity andapplication of human-wildlife interaction guidelines. It was found that effectively managing interactions between humans and wildlife depend on: the specific context, location and the type of interaction; the number of people and wildlife individuals involve, positive relationships between operators and wildlife managers among otherissues. This presents a challenge in formulating consistent guidelines for large geographical areas with many types of wildlife interaction. A series of recommendationsare made in relation to approaching this issue. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-131422017-01-30T11:35:09Z Human-wildlife interaction guidelines in Western Australia Hughes, Michael Carlsen, Jack wildlife tourism human-wildlife interaction guidelines - wildlife impacts management Human interactions with wildlife occur across a wide variety of contexts and oftenform the central component of nature based tourism operations. There is the potential for significant impacts on both humans and wildlife as a result of these interactive experiences. Protected area managers require guidelines in order to effectively manage these interactions. The complexity of human-wildlife interactions creates challengesin terms of defining adequate guidelines to minimise risk. This paper uses a review of the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) human-wildlife interaction guidelines to highlight key issues influencing the clarity andapplication of human-wildlife interaction guidelines. It was found that effectively managing interactions between humans and wildlife depend on: the specific context, location and the type of interaction; the number of people and wildlife individuals involve, positive relationships between operators and wildlife managers among otherissues. This presents a challenge in formulating consistent guidelines for large geographical areas with many types of wildlife interaction. A series of recommendationsare made in relation to approaching this issue. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13142 Channel View Publications restricted |
| spellingShingle | wildlife tourism human-wildlife interaction guidelines - wildlife impacts management Hughes, Michael Carlsen, Jack Human-wildlife interaction guidelines in Western Australia |
| title | Human-wildlife interaction guidelines in Western Australia |
| title_full | Human-wildlife interaction guidelines in Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | Human-wildlife interaction guidelines in Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human-wildlife interaction guidelines in Western Australia |
| title_short | Human-wildlife interaction guidelines in Western Australia |
| title_sort | human-wildlife interaction guidelines in western australia |
| topic | wildlife tourism human-wildlife interaction guidelines - wildlife impacts management |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13142 |