World Stage, local dramas? The World Heritage designations of Shark Bay and Ningaloo Reef

World Heritage status can both confer prestige on and potentially attract tourists to the areas so designated. However such designations can also lead to increased restrictions being imposed on an area’s local residents. In remote areas such as Western Australia’s Gascoyne region, where the challeng...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hughes, Michael, Jones, Roy, Jones, Tod, Christensen, J.
Other Authors: Richard Howitt
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Macquarie University 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35170