Blending a heritage of recreation and tourism with conservation of natural heritage: an example from Penguin Island, Western Australia
This paper discusses the recreational and natural heritage of Penguin Island in its journey from use as a recreation reserve to its current management within a Class A biodiversity conservation reserve. Protected natural areas were historically managed for tourism and recreation, resulting in a sign...
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ftmurdochuniv:oai:researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au:25502 2023-05-15T17:55:05+02:00 Blending a heritage of recreation and tourism with conservation of natural heritage: an example from Penguin Island, Western Australia Hughes, M. 2012 https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/25502/ eng eng Taylor & Francis https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/25502/ full_text_status:public © 2012 Taylor & Francis Hughes, M. <https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/view/author/Hughes, Michael.html>orcid:0000-0002-9810-1891 (2012) Blending a heritage of recreation and tourism with conservation of natural heritage: an example from Penguin Island, Western Australia. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 7 (1). pp. 1-11. Journal Article 2012 ftmurdochuniv 2020-01-05T18:53:44Z This paper discusses the recreational and natural heritage of Penguin Island in its journey from use as a recreation reserve to its current management within a Class A biodiversity conservation reserve. Protected natural areas were historically managed for tourism and recreation, resulting in a significant heritage of use. They are now mainly managed for biodiversity protection, but continue to be a focus for tourism and recreation. Visitors to natural areas are considered a prime audience to raise awareness about biodiversity protection, but Australia has a poor record of integrating cultural and natural heritage management. The long heritage of recreational use on Penguin Island was superimposed with a biodiversity protection mandate. Effective design based on minimal site hardening and selective restriction of recreational use, rather than education, has successfully restored the island's natural heritage. However, the island's cultural heritage has been obscured. This implies that the biodiversity protection and education mandate has been at the cost of preserving awareness of Penguin Island's recreation and tourism heritage. 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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This paper discusses the recreational and natural heritage of Penguin Island in its journey from use as a recreation reserve to its current management within a Class A biodiversity conservation reserve. Protected natural areas were historically managed for tourism and recreation, resulting in a significant heritage of use. They are now mainly managed for biodiversity protection, but continue to be a focus for tourism and recreation. Visitors to natural areas are considered a prime audience to raise awareness about biodiversity protection, but Australia has a poor record of integrating cultural and natural heritage management. The long heritage of recreational use on Penguin Island was superimposed with a biodiversity protection mandate. Effective design based on minimal site hardening and selective restriction of recreational use, rather than education, has successfully restored the island's natural heritage. However, the island's cultural heritage has been obscured. This implies that the biodiversity protection and education mandate has been at the cost of preserving awareness of Penguin Island's recreation and tourism heritage. |
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Blending a heritage of recreation and tourism with conservation of natural heritage: an example from Penguin Island, Western Australia |
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Blending a heritage of recreation and tourism with conservation of natural heritage: an example from Penguin Island, Western Australia |
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blending a heritage of recreation and tourism with conservation of natural heritage: an example from 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 (2012) Blending a heritage of recreation and tourism with conservation of natural heritage: an example from Penguin Island, Western Australia. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 7 (1). pp. 1-11. |
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