Australia's third conference on wildlife tourism, "Wildlife Tourism: a Force for Biodiversity Conservation and Local Economies?" will be held in Geelong 29 Sep – 2 Oct 2015, and we have some great keynotes joining us from Australia, Asia, Africa and America.

Call for papers is open, and early-bird registration closes 3rd July. We welcome papers from ecologists, especially if relevant to (1) minimizing negative impacts of tourism, (2) cooperative wildlife research involving academics and tour operators (3) habitat restoration projects, successful or otherwise, involving tour operations (perhaps including advice on conservation monitoring for tour operators and conservation managers), and (4) programs involving release of captive-bred wildlife.

It would very much help our planning if you could send a proposed title by end of May, but the deadline for abstracts is in August.

Please visit:
http://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/blog/wildlife-tourism-conference-2015/