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Avitourism and Australian Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas
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Steven R
; Morrison C
; Arthur JM
; Castley JG
PLoS One
2015[]; 10
(12
): e0144445
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Formal protected areas will not provide adequate protection to conserve all
biodiversity, and are not always designated using systematic or strategic
criteria. Using a systematic process, the Important Bird and Biodiversity Area
(IBA) network was designed to highlight areas of conservation significance for
birds (i.e. IBA trigger species), and more recently general biodiversity. Land
use activities that take place in IBAs are diverse, including consumptive and
non-consumptive activities. Avitourism in Australia, generally a non-consumptive
activity, is reliant on the IBA network and the birds IBAs aim to protect.
However, companies tend not to mention IBAs in their marketing. Furthermore,
avitourism, like other nature-based tourism has the potential to be both a
threatening process as well as a conservation tool. We aimed to assess the
current use of IBAs among Australian-based avitour companies' marketing, giving
some indication of which IBAs are visited by avitourists on organised tours. We
reviewed online avitour itineraries, recorded sites featuring in descriptions of
avitours and which IBA trigger species are used to sell those tours. Of the 209
avitours reviewed, Queensland is the most featured state (n = 59 tours), and 73%
feature at least one IBA. Daintree (n = 22) and Bruny Island (n = 17) IBAs are
the most popular, nationally. Trigger species represent 34% (n = 254 out of 747)
of species used in avitour descriptions. The most popular trigger species' are
wetland species including; Brolga (n = 37), Black-necked Stork (n = 30) and
Magpie Goose (n = 27). Opportunities exist to increase collaboration between
avitour companies and IBA stakeholders. Our results can provide guidance for
managing sustainability of the avitourism industry at sites that feature heavily
in avitour descriptions and enhance potential cooperation between avitour
companies, IBA stakeholders and bird conservation organisations.