Resources

Ecological Management & Restoration
Shoo, L.P., Wilson, R., Williams, Y.M., Catterall, C.P. (2014) Putting it back: Woody debris in young restoration plantings to stimulate return of reptiles. Ecological Management & Restoration. 15 (1) 84-87 [doi:10.1111/emr.12079].

Moran, C., Catterall, C.P. (2014) Responses of Seed-Dispersing Birds to Amount of Rainforest in the Landscape around Fragments. Conservation Biology. 28 (2), 551-560 [doi:10.1111/cobi.12236].

Shoo, L. (2014) Restoration and the Future Environmental Movement. BioScience. [doi: 10.1093/biosci/biu089].

Parsons, S.A., Congdon, R.A., Shoo, L.P., Valdez-Ramirez, V., Williams, S.E. (2014) Spatial Variability in Litterfall, Litter Standing Crop and Litter Quality in a Tropical Rain Forest Region. Biotropica. [doi:10.1111/btp.12113].


The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is famous for its wildlife, biodiversity and natural beauty, but none of these important assets are bought or sold in the market place, so none are explicitly ‘valued’ with a price. Recognising that absence of price does not mean absence of value, this project seeks to improve our understanding of the importance of these non-market ‘values’ to a variety of different stakeholders. How important is a beautiful view or a cassowary to the community, to tourists and to the tourism industry? How would people feel if there were fewer (or more) opportunities to enjoy those beautiful views or to observe these charismatic birds?

Esparon, M., Stoeckl, N., Larson, S., Farr, M, Schmider, J. (2014) How ‘valuable’ are the ecosystem services of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area to residents and tourists?
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NERP-TE-PROJECT-12.3-FINAL-REPORT-PARTA

Relative social & economic values of residents & tourists in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA).

Stoeckl, N. (2014) Overview of Results.

Esparon, M., Larson, S., Stoeckly, N. (2014) Relative social & economic values of residents & tourists in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA) - Progress to March 2014.

