In recent years the popularity of environment specific recreational activities has increased and therefore so have the amount of Victorians visiting these specific environments In your books list ID: 669756
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Pressures on natural areas
In recent years the popularity of environment specific recreational activities has increased and therefore so have the amount of Victorians visiting these specific environments.
In your books
list
4
recreational activities you know that are reliant on specific locations or environments in Victoria
L
ist
4 pressures (significantly impacts)
facing natural areas with high visitor numbers.
What effect
do these pressures
have on participation and that specific environment?Slide2
What is the solution??
Banning activities?
Closures of areas (permanent/seasonal)?
Introducing a code of conduct?Slide3
Codes of Conduct
Rationales for codes of conduct relating to recreational activitiesSlide4
What is a Code of Conduct??
A code of conduct is a document that has been designed to reduce our impact when undertaking pursuits in the outdoors and to reduce conflict between different user groups with varying values.Slide5
Who creates them?
Government bodies such as Parks Victoria and the Department of Sustainability and Environment work with commercial and community groups to create the documents for a specific area or activity.Slide6
So why do we need them?
The need arises from recognition that unregulated use is leading to significant impact on an area.
Guidelines then get put in place to hopefully give users an idea of ‘best practice’ and what must be done to protect themselves as users and the areas being used.Slide7
Rockclimbing
Example
In
T
asmania the introduction of the Cataract Gorge rock-climbing code of conduct was caused by an influx of visitors impacting the rock faces and surrounding areas. The impacts included:
A rapid increase in unplanned walking tracks
Overcrowding of campsites
Sanitation issues in popular areas
Impact on flora (7 species of birds found only at the Gorge)
Cracking and erosion due to incorrect procedures on climbsSlide8
Rock Climbing Code of Conduct
Cataract Gorge
List what you think may have been put in this code of conduct to limit or eliminate these impacts?Slide9
Rock Climbing Code of Conduct
Cataract Gorge Slide10
Alpine Ski
Code
Collaboration between: Slide11
Alpine Ski
Code
Planning
your ski tour
Keep your party small
Be
Sunsmart
- Sunlight
in the mountains burns even on cold and cloudy days
Be
able to read weather chartsLet someone know before you go ski touring
www.australianalps.environment.gov.au/learn/pubs/recreation.pdfSlide12
Alpine Ski
Code
Choosing
a camp site
Fortunately a blanket of snow is excellent for protecting both alpine vegetation and alpine soils from the impacts usually associated with camping. This protective layer of snow means you can camp almost anywhere and if you follow some simple rules - leave no long-lasting signs of your visit.
Choose a camp site well away from regular ski trails
Ensure
your site is well protected
Camp
within easy skiing distance of a toilet if
possibleWhen you have finished at your camp site, demolish any snow walls or shelters you have built, fill in areas when you have
quarried snow blocks, remove rubbish and minimise other signs of your visit. www.australianalps.environment.gov.auSlide13
Alpine Ski
Code
Cooking
, heat and fire
Always carry a fuel stove when snow camping
Fires
are only permitted in huts where pot-belly stoves or fireplaces are provided
Minimise
the use of fires in huts in winter
Remember
to dismantle snow walls Stoves should not be used in tents
www.australianalps.environment.gov.auSlide14
Alpine Ski
Code
An effective code?
Did you abide by it?
Write down some thoughts on how you feel this code of conduct could be changed to make it more realistic or environmentally conscious. Slide15
Recreational Vehicle Code of conduct
See
pg
23 of PDF
Produced
by the Tasmanian Recreational Vehicle Association
Inc. in
the interests of promoting responsible recreational vehicle
useSlide16
Surfers Code
Usually an unspoke code between surfers but some organisations got together to design a code everybody can try to abide bySlide17Slide18
Is it good enough?
This is a very appealing way to promote the code between surfers but does the code cater for the environmental impacts of surfing?
Come up with two elements that could be added to this code to force participants to consider the environment as well as each other.