Activity 6

aAs an individual, a small group or a whole class, sec yourself a project task chosen from the six categories listed in Figure 5.34 on page 147.

b Prepare a submission for funding - see Fig­ure 5.33 on pages 146 and 147 - that guar­antees promotion of ecotourism and protection of environmental quality. An example for each of the six funding catego­ries is provided as follows.

1 Infrastructure projects

Constructing a boardwalk over sand dunes near a whale-watching site

2 Scientific research and baseline studies Undertaking research in order to establish the numbers in a colony of fairy penguins (or other animals) and the extent of the animals' toler­ance to interference from tourists

3 Ecotourism education

Implementing a program for training tourist-coach drivers about the value of central Aus­tralia's natural environments and Aboriginal heritage and lifestyles

4 Energy- and waste-minimisation practices Constructing a model development in one of Australia's alpine areas, in which wastage and energy consumption are minimised

.5 Business-development skills Developing an initiative for enhancing devel­opment and management skills in a Great Bar­rier Reef tourism business so that long-term business practices

• protect the natural tourism site and there­fore protect the investment

• ensure that the tourism-industry employers take responsibility for educating their work­ers in caring for the environment in ways through which tourists learn to respect the things they come to see

6 Integrated regional planning pilot projects Implementing a pilot project in a mining town, such as Broken Hill, that incorporates the local mining industry, tourism operators, local gov­ernment tourism policy, accommodation provid­ers, local traders, local heritage-and-conservation groups, and residents

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