Great Barrier Reef
Tourism will be more severely affected by climate change than any other industry sector
By Brian on May 29, 2009
So why do we need a Swede to tell us? Well actually we have been doing a bit of work on that subject ourselves. The CRC on Sustainable Tourism’s project on The Impact of Climate Change on Australian Tourism Destinations [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Environment | Tagged Cairns, CRC on Sustainable Tourism, CSIRO, Galilee basin, Gold Coast, Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park, The Impact of Climate Change on Australian Tourism Dest, tourism, Tourism Futures conference, Victorian Alps and ski-fields, Waratah Coal | 25 Responses
Cyclone Hamish washup
By Brian on March 30, 2009
An amazing thing happened last week. Swire Shipping the company responsible for the oil spill on the Queensland Sunshine Coast (earlier post here) has written to Premier Bligh apologising for the mess. Even more amazing was this bit: Swire also [...]
Posted in Disasters, Environment | Tagged ammonium nitrate, cyclone hamish, cyclones, Great Barrier Reef, oil spill, Pacific Venturer, Sunshine Coast | 5 Responses
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