Interpretation, activity participation, and environmental attitudes of visitors to Penguin Island, Western Australia
Natural area management agencies use on-site interpretation, in part, to communicate messages based on themes of conservation. These themes stem from the legislative mandate to protect ecologically significant areas. Many of these areas are also popular destinations for a range of visitor activities...
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ftmurdochuniv:oai:researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au:1776 2023-05-15T17:55:05+02:00 Interpretation, activity participation, and environmental attitudes of visitors to Penguin Island, Western Australia Hughes, M. Morrison-Saunders, A. 2005 https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/1776/ eng eng Taylor & Francis https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/1776/ full_text_status:public © 2005 Taylor & Francis Inc. Hughes, M. <https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/view/author/Hughes, Michael.html>orcid:0000-0002-9810-1891 and Morrison-Saunders, A. <https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/view/author/Morrison-Saunders, Angus.html> (2005) Interpretation, activity participation, and environmental attitudes of visitors to Penguin Island, Western Australia. Society and Natural Resources, 18 (7). pp. 611-624. Journal Article 2005 ftmurdochuniv 2020-01-05T18:40:11Z Natural area management agencies use on-site interpretation, in part, to communicate messages based on themes of conservation. These themes stem from the legislative mandate to protect ecologically significant areas. Many of these areas are also popular destinations for a range of visitor activities. This provides the context onto which management overlays their emphasis on protection of often fragile and unique ecosystems. Penguin Island, Western Australia, is an example of one such site. Visitors were surveyed immediately before and after the island experience to ascertain any influence on knowledge and environmental attitude. Analysis focused on a subsample of respondents undertaking different categories of activities while being exposed to the same on-site interpretation. All activity groups seemed to recall factual information equally, but environmental attitudes toward the island were influenced significantly differently. Article in Journal/Newspaper Penguin Island Murdoch University: Murdoch Research Repository Penguin Island ENVELOPE(-57.926,-57.926,-62.102,-62.102) |
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Natural area management agencies use on-site interpretation, in part, to communicate messages based on themes of conservation. These themes stem from the legislative mandate to protect ecologically significant areas. Many of these areas are also popular destinations for a range of visitor activities. This provides the context onto which management overlays their emphasis on protection of often fragile and unique ecosystems. Penguin Island, Western Australia, is an example of one such site. Visitors were surveyed immediately before and after the island experience to ascertain any influence on knowledge and environmental attitude. Analysis focused on a subsample of respondents undertaking different categories of activities while being exposed to the same on-site interpretation. All activity groups seemed to recall factual information equally, but environmental attitudes toward the island were influenced significantly differently. |
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Interpretation, activity participation, and environmental attitudes of visitors to Penguin Island, Western Australia |
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Hughes, M. <https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/view/author/Hughes, Michael.html>orcid:0000-0002-9810-1891 and Morrison-Saunders, A. <https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/view/author/Morrison-Saunders, Angus.html> (2005) Interpretation, activity participation, and environmental attitudes of visitors to Penguin Island, Western Australia. Society and Natural Resources, 18 (7). pp. 611-624. |
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