Marine Protected Areas, National Parks, Nature Refuges, State Forests
The National Park Experience: Personal reflection on why our parks must be valued
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Sep
Sep
Personal reflection on why our parks must be valued.
Category Archives: State Forests
Ecotourism, National Parks, Nature Refuges, State Forests
Private ecotourism infrastructure in Queensland national parks: win-win or thin edge of the wedge!
17
Apr
Apr
How are national park systems in other states faring? What challenges do they face?
The National Parks Association of Queensland caught up with the NPAs across Australia for their perspectives on the biggest issues facing their state’s national parks.
Ecotourism, National Parks, Nature Refuges, State Forests
Feeling the Heat: National Parks Associations across Australia
12
Mar
Mar
How are national park systems in other states faring? What challenges do they face?
The National Parks Association of Queensland caught up with the NPAs across Australia for their perspectives on the biggest issues facing their state’s national parks.
12
Mar
Mar
Shellie Cash is Ranger-in-Charge at Currawinya National Park in western Queensland. She has always loved being outdoors studying different animals. Growing up on a farm gave her a passion for land management and, after completing high school, Shellie took on a traineeship with QPWS in Rockhampton. It didn’t take her long to realise that she had found her perfect job.
25
Jun
Jun
There are many significant cultural heritage sites in Queensland state forests. Here we look at our investigation into significant cultural heritage sites, primarily those of Aboriginal significance, in several Queensland state forests.
Marine Protected Areas, National Parks, Nature Refuges, Private Reserves, State Forests, Uncategorized
Why National Parks Should be Valued – As Told Through the Lens of Children
30
Jun
Jun
Town planners and psychologists had been exploring the potential benefits of making natural spaces freely available to children to play and explore for decades. The release of the book Last Child in the Woods (Louv, 2005) articulated the disadvantages of children losing access to ‘wild areas’ once part of the fabric of towns and cities. ‘Nature deficit […]