Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0556543

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0556543

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Investigating the educational impact of wildlife-based leisure experiences in supporting visitors? adoption of environmentally sustainable practices. National environmental policy makers acknowledge the central role education plays in addressing the many serious environmental problems facing the country and encouraging Australians to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. This project will inform the design of free-choice, wildlife-based learning experiences that are relevant, meaningful and accessible to the majority of society. Wildlife-based learning experiences offer a way to secure sustainable economic benefits while supporting both wildlife conservation and local communities. By developing new tools to assess and enhance the educational impact of such experiences this project will contribute to building the capacity of visitors to adopt environmentally sustainable practices.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2005

End Date: 06-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $153,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Curatorial and Related Studies | Other Education | Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Museum Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Environmental education and awareness |

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