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Community Attitudes, Perceptions, Knowledge and Use of the Wet Tropics Community Attitudes, Knowledge, Perceptions and Use of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area in 2007 Julie Carmody and Bruce Prideaux School of Business, James Cook University Supported by the Australian Government’s Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility Project 4.9.2 Sustainable nature-based tourism: planning and management © James Cook University ISBN 9781921359187 This report should be cited as: Carmody, J. and Prideaux, B. (2008) Community Attitudes, Knowledge, Perceptions and Use of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area in 2007. Report to the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns (120 pp.). Published by the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre on behalf of the Australian Government’s Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. The Australian Government’s Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF) supports world-class, public good research. The MTSRF is a major initiative of the Australian Government, designed to ensure that Australia’s environmental challenges are addressed in an innovative, collaborative and sustainable way. The MTSRF investment is managed by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA), and is supplemented by substantial cash and in-kind investments from research providers and interested third parties. The Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited (RRRC) is contracted by DEWHA to provide program management and communications services for the MTSRF. This publication is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Attorney General’s Department, Robert Garran Offices, National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 or posted at http://www.ag.gov.au/cca. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government or the Minister for the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts or Minister for Climate Change and Water. While reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the contents of this publication are factually correct, the Commonwealth does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents, and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of, or reliance on, the contents of this publication. This report is available for download from the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited website: http://www.rrrc.org.au/publications/research_reports.html August 2008 Community Attitudes, Knowledge, Perceptions and Use: WTQWHA Contents List of Figures...........................................................................................................................iii List of Tables........................................................................................................................... iv Acronyms and Abbreviations.................................................................................................... v Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................. vi Executive Summary ................................................................................................................vii 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................1 1.1 The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area ..........................................1 1.2 Importance of the research....................................................................................2 1.3 Previous community surveys .................................................................................3 2. Methodology..................................................................................................................5 2.1 Study location........................................................................................................5 2.2 Survey instrument..................................................................................................5 2.3 Methods of survey distribution ...............................................................................6 2.4 Non-response........................................................................................................8 2.5 Limitations..............................................................................................................8 3. Results ...........................................................................................................................9 3.1 Profile of respondents............................................................................................9 3.1.1 Period and place of residence....................................................................9 3.1.2 Gender.....................................................................................................11 3.1.3 Age...........................................................................................................11 3.1.4 Education.................................................................................................12 3.1.5 Occupation...............................................................................................12 3.1.6 Ethnicity and nationality ...........................................................................13 3.2 Awareness and knowledge of the WTQWHA ......................................................14 3.2.1 Awareness of the World Heritage listing ..................................................14 3.2.2 Perceived levels of knowledge.................................................................14 3.2.3 Importance of the World Heritage Area....................................................15 3.2.4 Comparisons with the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area...............16 3.2.5 The significance of two World Heritage Areas in North Queensland .......17 3.3 Actual knowledge of the WTQWHA.....................................................................18 3.3.1 Why the World Heritage listing?...............................................................18 3.3.2 Actual knowledge of the World Heritage Area boundaries.......................18 3.3.3 Ownership of the World Heritage Area ....................................................20 3.4 Community support..............................................................................................21 3.4.1 World Heritage listing ...............................................................................21 3.4.2 Level of protection....................................................................................22 3.4.3 Cultural Heritage listing ............................................................................23 3.4.4 Aboriginal co-management ......................................................................24 3.5 Learning about the Wet Tropics...........................................................................25 3.5.1 Information sources..................................................................................25 3.5.2 Information desired by residents ..............................................................27 3.6 Advantages of the World Heritage Area ..............................................................29 3.6.1 Personal benefits .....................................................................................29 3.6.2 Regional community benefits ...................................................................31 3.7 Disadvantages of living near the WTQWHA........................................................34 i Carmody and Prideaux 3.8 Management of the WTQWHA ............................................................................36 3.8.1 The management agency........................................................................36 3.8.2 Expectations of the management agency ................................................38 3.8.3 Wet Tropics branding ...............................................................................39 3.8.4 Description of the World Heritage Area logo............................................39 3.9 Protection and conservation management ..........................................................43 3.9.1 Natural attributes......................................................................................43 3.9.2 Cultural attributes.....................................................................................45 3.9.3 Cultural sites ............................................................................................45 3.9.4 Threats to the World Heritage Area .........................................................47 3.9.5 Community involvement...........................................................................48 3.10 Residents’ use of the WTQWHA .........................................................................49 3.10.1 Actual visitation ........................................................................................50 3.10.2 Where in the World Heritage Area did respondents last visit?.................51 3.10.3 Favourite places.......................................................................................52 3.10.4 Changes in the World Heritage Area .......................................................54
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