Ecotourism Australia Conference

Professor David Bellamy

Itinerant Pommie Batanist and campaigner for common sense in conservation.

Hon: Professor Adult and Continuing Education-University of Durham. Special Professor of Geography University of Nottingham. Hon Professor of the University of Central Queensland.

President of The Conservation Foundation, The Wildlife Trusts Partnership, Plantlife International, WATCH, Coral Cay Conservation, National Association for Environmental Education. British Naturalists Association, Conservation Volunteers of Ireland, Galapagos Conservation Trust, British Institute of Cleaning Science, Association of Master Thatchers, British Home and Holiday Parks Association, Camping and Caravanning Club Of Great Britain.

Vice President British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Fauna and
Flora International, Marine Conservation Society, Australian
Marine Conservation Society, Wild Trout Trust, Countrywide Holidays Association

Trustee of the Living Landscape Trust, Hon Fellow Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management.

International consultant, Author of 44 books, Writer and presenter of some 400 television progammes on Botany, Ecology and Environment.

Recipient of The Dutch Order of the Golden Ark, the U.N.E.P. Global
500 Award; The Duke of Edinburgh's Award for Underwater Research;
BAFTA., Richard Dimbleby Award., BSAC Diver of The Year Award, RGS Busk Medal
Founder Chair of the international committee for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards.

"Creating the unforgettable experience: (Stitching the world back into working order)."

A world wise look at the problems and potentials of Nature Based Tourism. The still exploding population, the ongoing decades of destruction, ease and cost of world travel, an increasing rift between rich and poor, natural disasters. Ecotourism depends on diversity both natural and people made. It covers the whole spectrum of endevour from the growing number of really green luxury lodges to back packing trails that are pushing the bounds of exploration. Ecotourists of all classes , creeds and kinds are on steep learning curves thriving on good unobtrusive information that enthralls, entertains and educates. They also thrive upon understanding the problems and solutions linking others and themselves, but most of all they want to know that they are doing something positive to help mother nature rebalance landscapes, lives and lifestyles.

It is my considered opinion that interactive nature based working holidays are the cutting edge of ecotourism. They allow people to realise their place in natural history while stitching the world back into better working order.

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