Inventing and Re-inventing Ecotourism. - Global Eco

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Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference: 2 – 4 December 2019 , Cairns, Australia

Inventing and Re-inventingEcotourism.Steve Noakes, Chairman

History & heritage lost

About Binna Burra Lodge Forest fires – global impacts

What happened at Binna Burra Bouncing back

Lamington National Park

Skylodges

Heritage register cabins

A fire burns a tract of Amazon jungle as it is cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

www.nst.com.my/world/2019/09/517867/amazon-indonesia-siberia-world-firewww.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2019/sep/10/queensland-nsw-bushfires-evacuations-live-updates?page=with:block-5d7701dd8f083106f45588ae#block-5d7701dd8f083106f45588ae

September 2019

Global ecotourism hotspots hit by large scale forest fires

Forest fires ravage orangutan habitat –Tanjung Putting National Park,

Kalimantan, Indonesia – near Rimba Orangutan Ecolodge.

A firefighter battles a bushfire in Peregian Springs on the Sunshine

Coast, Queensland. There are 80 fires burning across

southern Queensland (11 Sept 2019).

Photograph: Reuters

Brazil Borneo Queensland

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Reactions, grief, sadness, staff, intense media interest, customers, creditors, suppliers, bank, ATO, road access, asbestos, internal & external communications, shareholders, Board responsibilities, volunteers, solvency, water, sanitation, power, wildlife, site security, legal compliance issues, high profile visitors, personal situation etc Focus on the opportunity!

Response: Dealing with the immediate issues.

What Binna Burra does well.‘Comprehensive approach’ to disaster management.

Before September 2019 After September 2019

‘Now it’s time for a new pioneering vision to be created.’

And many others

Create a recovery structure

Established under direction of Cameron Dick MP, Minister for

State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure &

Planning.

Role:Harness the expertise of relevant Government agencies, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Energy QLD and Binna Burra to support recovery

and rebuilding

Binna Burra Recovery FRAMEWORK – as at 22 September 2019

Board of Directors- has ultimate governance responsibility

Core staff team- day to day operations & inputs into future plans -

Core Advisory Group to the Board- provide strategic advise on all current & future planning & finance issues

Binna Burra Reconstruction Council

1. Coordination & GovernmentLead: Steve Noakes, Deputy: John Macintosh

2. Corporate issuesLead: Sally Trestrail, Deputy: Ian Pritchard

3. Business operationsLead: Robert McDowall Snr. Deputy: Tim Medhurst

4. Relationships & CommunicationsLead: Brad Cox, Deputy: Leighton Pitcher

5. PeopleLead: Louanne Byrnes, Deputy: Rechell Lumsden

Binna Burra Recovery Taskforce

Coordination, Senior Government Liaison, Project Management for Infrastructure

Finances/Audit/Risk Mgt, AGM, Corporate structure

Lodge operations, First stage of re-opening, Site security, National Parks relationship, Via Ferrata development,

Guest activities, Supplier relationships

Shareholder relations/comms, Media, Local Community, LNHA, NPAQ, Uni/Research, Conservation & heritage,

Ambassadors @ Large, Internal networking

Working Groups – provide information back to the Council

HR, Re-enactment event, Volunteers (FOBBs & others), Archives, Legacy/Wills

6 months duration – subject to reviewMeets each 2 weeks with regular communications with Binna Burra

between meetings

A major challenge

Access road into Binna Burra

Via Ferrata @ Binna BurraLamington National Park, Queensland, Australia

Photo from Via FerrataQueenstown, NZ

High adventure! Australia's first commercial Via Ferrata will be built at the new (post bushfire) Binna Burra Lodge.

‘There is opportunity for our policies, our strategies, our design, development and operations of all our hard and soft infrastructure to more explicitly consider and respond to climate risks.’

Steve Noakes,Chairman, Binna Burra Lodge

www.griffith.edu.au/institute-tourism

Before September 2019

After September 2019

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