Associate Professor David Newsome

Room: S&C/3.020

Qualifications:

BSc(Hons) Hull, MSc Hull, DipEnvImpAss Murd., PhD Murd.

Teaching:

ENV279 Nature Based Tourism

ENV281 Water and Earth Science

ENV310/ENV510 Land Management

Ecotourism embracing environmental impacts and sustainability of tourism in national parks and nature reserves. Biological and physical impacts of recreation and nature based tourism. Land Management including pedology, land capability and geomorphology.

Research Interests:

The effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Specific interests include EIA audits, utility of environmental monitoring and management programmes, and the role of science in EIA.

Publications:

Recent

Current Research

- the environmental impacts of horse riding in Western Australian national parks.

- environmental impacts of tourism and recreation in the eucalypt forests of Western Australia.

- planning for stingray tourism in Western Australia.

Other:

Member, Conservation Commission (WA)