COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE The ecological health of beaches is important for wildlife too (pc: abc.net.au) If there is one perspective that can stir debate it is that generated by those who seek to impose an ecological perspective on others. This...
COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE

COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE

COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE “NOT ON OUR WATCH”: Port Macquarie-Hastings Council director Matt Rogers, right. (pc: www.camdencourier.com.au) Both Thompson (2007) and Stocker and Kennedy (2009)  in their respective papers in the journal Coastal...
COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – OMMODITY PERSPECTIVE

COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – OMMODITY PERSPECTIVE

COASTAL CULTURAL MODELS – OMMODITY PERSPECTIVE The conflicts of commodifying the coast (pc: cherylricker.com) Robert Thompson in his 2007 paper in the journal Coastal Management (v.35, 211-237) states quite bluntly that the community model has no place in the...

New stats: 4WD contradiction on K’Gari

New stats: 4WD contradiction on K’Gari We have known for a long time that 4WDs on beaches cause many impacts. A team of researchers from the Sunshine Coast University have recently published new research on the extent of the impact on shorebirds and other wildlife,...