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Ronda Joy Green, BSc
(Hons)PhD
Ronda holds a PhD in zoology and has conducted
much ecological and behavioural research over the
years, especially seed dispersal by fruit-eating
animals and the effects of habitat alteration on
wildlife, also play behaviour of chimpanzees and
various aspects of wildlife tourism, and is the
author or co-author of a number of publications.
She has had extensive experience in nature
interpretation for all ages, having run a holiday
farm specializing in nature studies and
horsemanship, worked as ranger in charge of
interpretive activities at Lamington National
Park, convened and run lecture courses at
universities in Queensland and New South Wales
(population ecology, conservation biology etc.)
and adult education classes (bird behaviour,
wildlife of southeast Queensland etc.), conducted
research into recreational and educational
activities for children, and has over the years
led many voluntary activities, day excursions and
camps for all ages from pre-school to adult
She is currently chair of both Wildlife
Tourism Australia and the
Scenic Rim branch of Wildlife Queensland
and has conducted many workshops, excursions,
displays and other events on behalf of both.
See sample of articles
about Ronda (there have been many others
over the years, but not online)
From January to June 2019 Ronda was sub-contracted
by Prof Noel Scott (who in turn is contracted by
the United Nations World Tourism Organization) for
a survey of responsible wildlife tourism
operations throughout Asia and the Pacific.
She recently registered Green Publications, under
which she has published a book on Australian
wildlife and is currently writing others
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Ronda has traveled
in wilderness areas of all non-polar continents,
and speaks a little Spanish and a few phrases of
various other languages. In addition to all things
to do with wildlife and nature generally, she
enjoys painting and playing piano and guitar.
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Publications:
Primary or sole
author:
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Green,
R. J. 2020. Understanding Australia’s
Wildlife: An Easy-to-Remember
Overview of Australian Animals and Why They
are so Different.
Green
Publications, Running Creek, Queensland
https://www.amazon.com.au/Understanding-Australias-Wildlife-easy-remember-ebook/dp/B08RJ4JY8K/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1609389966&refinements=p_27%3ARonda+Green&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Ronda+Green
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Green, R. J. 2020. The Future of
Captive Wildlife: Useful and Enjoyable for
Animals and Visitors? Chapter 6 in Bertella,
G. (ed.) Wildlife Tourism Futures:
Encounters with Wild, Captive and Artificial
Animals
https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?k=9781845418168
- Green, R.J. 2020. Wildlife in suburban
Australia, including your own backyard. https://perfectpets.com.au/best-pet-blog/post/wildlife-in-suburban-australia-including-your-own-backyard
- Green, R. J. , Wildlife Tourism: A
Handbook for Guides, Tour Operators,
Job-seekers and Business Start-ups [Kindle
Edition], Amazon. Also in paperback book form.
- Green, R. J. and Wood, P. 2015. An Australian
Network of Tourism Operations involved in
Wildlife Research. In Slocum, S., Kline, C. and
Holden, A. (eds) Scientific Tourism: Researchers
as Travellers. Routledge
- Green, R. J. 2013. Reaching
out to non-ecologists: why I got involved in
wildlife tourism, Journal of Ecotourism,
DOI:10.1080/14724049.2013.788655
- Green, R. J. & Jones, D. N. 2010.
Practices, needs and attitudes of
bird-watching tourists in Australia.
Sustainable To
 urism CRC report.
- Green, R. J. 2007.
Refining the conservation management of
seed-dispersing frugivores and their fruits:
examples from Australia. In Dennis, A. J.,
Schupp, E. W., Green, R. J. and Westcott, D. W.
(Eds) Seed dispersal: theory and its application
in a changing world. CAB International,
Wallingford, UK
- Green, R. J. and Giese, M. 2004. The Negative
Effects of Wildlife Tourism on Wildlife. In K.
Higginbottom (ed.) Wildlife Tourism, Sustainable
Tourism CRC
- Green, R. J., Higginbottom, K. and Northrope,
C. 2001. A
Tourism Classification of Australian Wildlife.
Wildlife Tourism Research Report Series No. 7,
Status Assessment of Wildlife Tourism in
Australia Series, CRC for Sustainable Tourism
- Green, R. J. and Higginbottom, K.2001.
The Negative Effects of Wildlife Tourism on
Wildlife. Wildlife Tourism Research Report
Series No. 5, Status Assessment of Wildlife
Tourism in Australia Series, CRC for Sustainable
Tourism
- Green,R. J. and Catterall, C. P. 1998. The
effects of forest clearing and regeneration on
the fauna of Wivenhoe Park, south-east
Queensland. Wildlife Research 25(6) 677 -
690
- Green, R. J. 1995. Using frugivores for
regeneration: a survey of knowledge and problems
in Australia. in J. A. Bissonette
and P. R. Krausman (eds) Integrating People and
Wildlife for a Sustainable Future, The Wildlife
Society, Maryland
- Green R. J. and Higginbottom, K. 2000. The effects of
non-consumptive wildlife tourism on
free-ranging wildlife: a review. Pacific
Conservation Biology 6:183-197
- Green, R. J. 1993. Avian seed dispersal in and
near subtropical rainforests. Wildlife Research
20: 535-557
- Green, R. J. Catterall, C. P., Jones, D. N.
and Johnston, J. B. 1993. The terrestrial fauna
and flora of Wivenhoe Park, South-east
Queensland, and their changes following a
century of pastoralism and recent dam
construction. Proceedings of the Royal Society
of Queensland 103: 27-46
- Green, R. J., 1989. Problems of play:
reflections on research. Australian
Primatology 4:2-3
- Green, R. J., 1988. Protectiveness by family
members towards young chimpanzees: incidental
notes taken at Taronga Zoo.
Australian Primatology 3: 13-14
- Green, R. J., Catterall, C. P. and Jones, D.
N. 1988. Foraging and other behaviour of birds
in subtropical and temperate suburban habitats.
Emu 89: 216-222
- Green, R. J., 1986. Native and exotic birds in
the suburban habitat. In H. A. Ford and D.C.
Paton (eds) The Dynamic Partnership: Birds and
Plants in Southern Australia. S. A.
Government Printers
- Green, R. J. 1984. Native and exotic birds in
a suburban habitat. Australian Wildlife Research
11:181-190
- Green, R. J. 1977. Bush Holidays and Outings
in Victoria. Quartet Books, Melbourne
- Green, R. J. 1977. Guidelines to the
Preparation of Nature Trails. Australian
Conservation Foundation,Melbourne
 Papers,
chapters and books other than primary authorship:
Tilbrook,
A. J., Baptista, J., Blache, D.,
Cox-Witton, K., Craddock, N.,
Dalziel, T., De Graaff, N.,
Fernandes, J., Green, R. J.,
Jenkins, H., Kahn, S., Kelly, D.,
Lauber, M., Maloney, S., Peachey,
B., Rodger, I., Skuse, J., Walker,
F. R., Wall, K. and Zito, S. (in
press). Impact
of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
welfare of animals in Australia.
Frontiers in Veterinary Science |
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.621843
UNWTO
2020 (editors and contributing authors N. Scott an
d R. J. Green) Sustainable Development of Wildlife
Tourism in Asia and the Pacific Sustainable
Development of Wildlife Tourism in Asia and the
Pacific: Good Practices and their Implications https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/abs/10.18111/9789284421572
Borges de Lima, I. and Green, R. J. (eds) 2017.
Wildlife
Tourism, Environmental Learning and Ethical
Encounters: Ecological and Conservation Aspects.
Springer: Geoheritage, geoparks and geotourism
series
Butler, D. W., Green, Ronda Joy, Lamb, D.,
McDonald, W. J. F. AND Forster, P. I. 2007. Biography
of
seed-dispersal
syndromes,
life-forms
and
seed
sizes among woody rain-forest plants in
Australia's subtropics.
Journal of Biography 34:1736-1750
Catterall, C. P., Green, R. J., and Jones, D. N.
1989. The occurrence of birds in relation to
plants in a subtropical city.
Australian Wildlife Research 16:289-305
Catterall, C. P., Green, R. J., and Jones, D. N.
1991. Habitat use by birds across a
forest suburb interface in Brisbane: implications
for corridors. In (eds. D.A. Saunders
and R. J. Hobbs) Nature Conservation 2: the Role
of Corridors. Surrey Beatty and Sons,
Sydney
Dennis, A. J., Schupp, E. W., Green, R. J. and
Westcott, D. W. (Eds) Seed dispersal: theory and
its application in a changing world. CAB
International, Wallingford, UK
Higginbottom, K., Green, R. J. and Northrope, C.
2003. A
framework for managing the negative impacts of
wildlife tourism on wildlife. Human
Dimensions of Wildlife 8: 1-24
Higginbottom, K. B., Green, R. J., Leiper, N.,
Moscardo, G., Tribe, A. and Buckley, R.
2003. Evaluation
of
Organised
Tourism
involving
Wild
Kangaroos.
Sustainable Tourism CRC Report
Higginbottom, K., Northrope, C. and Green, R. J.
2001. The
Positive Effects of Wildlife Tourism on
Wildlife. Wildlife Tourism Research Report
Series No. 6, Status Assessment of Wildlife
Tourism in Australia Series, CRC for Sustainable
Tourism
Moran, C., Catterall, C. P., Green, R. J. and
Olsen, M. F.2004. Fate of feathered fruit-eaters
in fragmented forests.Pp 699-712 in D. Lunney
(ed.) Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna'
(2nd edition), . Royal Zoological Society of New
South Wales. Mosman, Australia
Moran, C., Catterall, C. P., Green, R. J. and
Olsen, M. F.2004. Functional variation among
frugivorous birds: implications for rainforest
seed dispersal in a fragmented subtropical
landscape. Oecologia 141: 584-595
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Recent presentations
- Wildlife
Tourism
in the context of Climate change.
UNWTO Regional Seminar on Climate Change,
Biodiversity & Sustainable Tourism
Development. Nadi, Fiji. June 2018
- Wildlife
Tourism:
Balancing the Needs of Wildlife,
Tourists,Operators and Residents. Presentation
at Sheraton Hotel, Sandakan, to tourism
agencies and operators of Sabah, May 2018
- Developing
wildlife tourism products. Guest
Lecture at Griffith University (Gold
Cost campus). Part of SCA Sustainable
Tourism Indonesia. November 2017
- Self guided
nature tours. Wildlife
Interpretation: Into the Future.
Wildlife
Tourism Australia Workshop,
Atherton, July 2017
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A Playful Approach to Interpretation.
Wildlife Interpretation: Enjoyable,
Memorable,Meaningful. Wildlife
Tourism Australia
Workshop,
Binna Burra. September 2016.
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Ethical conflicts in wildlife tourism,
and some problems with purist
perspectives. Where
The Wild Things Grow. Wildlife
Tourism Australia
conference, Adelaide, November
2016
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Impacts on wildlife: minimising the
negative, maximising the positive. Wildlife
Tourism Australia
Workshop,
Grafton. October 2015
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Tourism
assisting biodiversity: how can we make
it work? Wildlife Tourism: a Force
for Biodiversity Conservation and Local
Economies? WTA conference,
September 2015, Geelong
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Wildlife/people conflicts: how can
tourism help to solve them? Wildlife
Tourism: a Force for Biodiversity
Conservation and Local Economies? WTA
conference, September 2015, Geelong
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Conserving biodiversity as tourism
(including wildlife tourism) expands:
outcomes of discussions across four
wildlife tourism workshops. Best EN
Think Tank, Kruger, South Africa, June
2015
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Popularity doesn't always lead to
success: why aren't there more Ficus
saplings? 6Th International
Frugivory and Seed Dispersal Symposium,
Drakensberg, South Africa. June 2015.
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Expanding the wildlife tourism
industry while minimising negative
impacts. ITSA conference, Perth.
November 2014 (awarded industry prize or
best presentation)
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Global Eco
Asia-Pacific, Noosa 2013
(also a 90-second presentation on the same
theme as part of a panel of opinion
leaders)
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How do we make wildlife tourism
exciting, involving, educational,
sustainable AND affordable for guides
and small businesses? Wildlife
Tourism Australia workshop, Darwin 2013
- Ten years of
Wildlife Tourism Australia. Wildlife Tourism
Australia workshop, Currumbin 2012
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Wildlife tourism in Australia: the
next decade Wildlife Tourism
Australia workshop, Currumbin 2012
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Wildlife Tourism: the Next Decade.
Global Eco
Asia-Pacific, Cairns, 2012
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Going green without breaking the
budget. Global Eco Asia-Pacific,
Sydney 2011
Ronda Joy Green, BSc (Hons)PhD
See also a sample of articles by Ronda on the
internet:
Ronda has lectured in:
- University
(Griffith and Southern Cross): population
ecology, community ecology, conservation
biology, techniques for wildlife conservation,
nature-based tourism
- School for Field
Studies: population ecology, community ecology,
conservation biology
- Institute of
advanced education (Capricornia): animal house
and field techniques, micro and macro
techniques, social biology, indoor/outdoor
laboratories
- Technical and
Further Education (TAFE certificate course):
heritage tourism
- Adult education
(TAFE: South Brisbane and Yeronga)
birdwatching and bird behaviour, wildlife of
south-east Queensland
and has presented
numerous talks at conferences, symposia, workshops
and public meetings
She has illustrated a couple of books (her own
books on 'Bush Holidays and Outings in Victoria'
and 'Guide to the Preparation of Nature Trails'
plus a National Fitness Council publication on
walking trails in the Adelaide Hills) and chapters
of books (The
Aldinga Scrub Conservation Park : a report on
its history and natural values and An Island in suburbia
: the natural and social history of Toohey
Forest)
Read a 2018 interview with Ronda here:
https://www.borneoecotours.com/blog/interview-with-ronda-green-chair-of-wildlife-tourism-australia/
Ronda on video:
Google hangout about the 2018 wildlife tourism
conference
Sample of articles
about Ronda:
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