Hello Syd and others,
National Parks in the urban areas, may not need to advertise to get the
public through the gates (there I go with the Theme Park analogy again).
They do however have a bit of a public relations problem particularly in
the country. I think they need all the positive advertising (possibly a
bad word to use) that they can get. Conservation is still very low on
the agenda politically.
National Parks bashing is unfortunately a national pastime in the bush.
I don't know how many times I've heard the moniker, National Sparks and
Wildlfire Service. Just look at the recent protest from the Rural Fire
Service about the perceived lack of hazard reduction in national parks
across NSW.
Personally, I think that as a general rule National Parks departments
throughout Australia do a tremendous job with limited often deplorable
funding, I just don't know that heading down a user-pays system will do
anyone any good in the long run. If the general public doesn't
appreciate the importance of our national parks system and of
conservation in general then the governments of Australia will continue
to see them as an easy target for funding cutbacks.
Cheers
Mick
Michael Todd
Wildlifing
Images & Sounds of Nature
www.wildlifing.com
Toronto, NSW, Australia
04101 23715
Syd Curtis wrote:
Trouble is, there's a basic flaw in this argument that negates it: National
Parks have no need to advertise! Quite the contrary, in fact. A major
problem (THE major problem?) faced in park management is coping with the
effects of over-use.
Syd
From: Michael Todd <>
Organization: Wildlifing
Reply-To:
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:45:31 +1100
To: Syd Curtis <>
Cc: Robert Inglis <>,
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Something for bird-photographers to note
Mick wrote (in part):
My feeling on this issue is that if a photographer was to sell
photographs that have been taken in a particular national park then this
is the best form of advertising for the good job that the National Parks
is doing at conserving nature. It is in a way a recommendation and an
affirmation for how important National Parks are, and it is encouraging
people to take an interest in nature and in National Parks in general.
The idea of charging for this free advertising is ludicrous in my
opinion.
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