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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
Before September 2019
After September 2019
