1. CSR or Government Intervention
CSR or Government Intervention? A case study of sustainable tourism development at Ningaloo
Dr David S Wood
&
Professor Jack Carlsen
Curtin University of Technology

3. Ningaloo environments
An accessible fringing reef 260 km long
A fragile Karst limestone system
Permeable to water & waste
The home of subterranean fauna
A source of fresh water to the reef
Limited natural resources and land
Extreme events
Susceptible to bleaching?

4. Using Ningaloo Stations, defences & whaling Oil exploration Fishing
Listening to the world
Finding new directions to address rural decline (gas & oil, mining, fishing, tourism)
Slow tourism growth
Economic outputs
Environmental concerns
Gas & oil

5. Tourism at Ningaloo Arresting decline Local impact 2003
$127m attributed to tourism direct spend
Carnarvon to Exmouth (Carlsen & Wood 2004)
$85m attributed to direct tourism spend in Exmouth Nature of spend (accommodation, food, activities) Rapid and sustained growth
Nature of activities

6. Issues History of informal development
Coral bay
Stations and economic contribution
Using the public domain for little public benefit
Limited resources and carrying capacity
New developments in townsites & along coast
Mauds Landing
Boat Harbour
Coastal sites
Providing infrastructure

9. Loss of fragile and remote places

10. Ningaloo Sustainable Development Committee
Charter
The Ningaloo Sustainable Development Committee (NSDC) is a new body established by the State Government to oversee the implementation of the Ningaloo Coast Regional Strategy Carnarvon to Exmouth that was released in August 2004 (

11. Ningaloo Sustainable Development Committee
Composition
Local representation (includes 2 Yamatji reps, local government, community, tourism operators)
The state (Chair & 1 DPI)

12. Ningaloo Sustainable Development Committee
Powers
Statement of Planning Policy
Interim Development Order (legally binding)
Resources (Ningaloo Sustainable Development Office - 4 staff & a large budget)

13. What next? Research Assessment of sites Monitoring of developments
Modelling
Ningaloo Sustainable Development Authority?

14. Research Groups in Ningaloo
STCRC / Curtin
AIMS, universities, Fisheries, CALM, GDC
CSIRO Flagship
4 Universities
CSIRO
STCRC
Ningaloo Research group
CALM
Universities
WAMSI