Regional Sustainability

Located on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, home to some of the most pristine reef system along the East Coast of Australia, with the largest loggerhead turtle rookery in the south pacific, Australia’s largest food bowl, producing 25% of Australia’s fresh grown produce on land of our traditional owners the Taribelang Bunda, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, Bailai, Wakka Wakka, Wulli Wulli, Djaku-nde, Jangerie Jangerie, and Kabbi Kabbi Peoples, the Bundaberg Region is committed to working at protecting this natural environment for future generations.

ECO DESTINATION CERTIFICATION

Bundaberg ECO Destination Certification Journey

Getting Your Business ECO Certified

Whether your business is an accommodation provider, a restaurant, a tour operator or an attractions there is a ECO Tourism Australia certification program for your business.  Bundaberg Regional Council is offering a subsidy to offset your first annual certification fee.

Advantages of being ECO Certified

- Global quality assurance
- Operator credibility and recognition
- Demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement
- Search filters on bundabergregion.org
- Eco packages on Bundabergregion.org
- Free Listing on Eco Tourism Australia Green Travel Guide
- Free Product Listing on Our Planet Travel
- Meeting consumer expectations

Turtle-Safe Operations

The Cut the Glow Initiative

With turtles nesting on our beaches, Queensland Parks and Wildlife lead an initiative to increase awareness of the impacts of light pollution on sea turtles.

Our turtles need dark beaches and you can make a difference. During the breeding season (15 October to 30 April) whether you are a resident, visitor or business, you can help cut the glow of lights affecting beaches in your local area

BRC’s Turtle Awareness Campaign

Bundaberg Regional Council encourages everyone, including our visitors, to understand the significance of the Bundaberg Region’s shoreline as a nesting location for threatened turtle species.

Council has developed an easy to use video and turtle awareness materials that local businesses, tour operators and venues are encouraged to display in their businesses to urge residents and visitors to implement the small changes that can have a real impact on turtle hatchling survival rates.

Sustainability Stories

Regional Case Studies

Tourism Australia's Sustainability Storytellers

As travellers across the globe look forward to travel, and ‘travel better’ is a phrase resounding across our industry, Tourism Australia’s focus on sustainability is aimed at making it easier for anyone planning, promoting or selling travel to learn about and include sustainable Australian travel products and experiences in itineraries. What better place to start to demonstrate the depth and diversity of Australia’s sustainable travel offering than with stories direct from some our great storytellers and tourism legacy-makers.

Green Destinations Top 100 Stories Competition

The Bundaberg Region has been listed among the top 100 sustainable destinations in the world for 2021 in recognition of work carried out to reduce urban glow.

It means the Bundaberg Region will now be featured by Green Destinations in its 2021 Top 100 Destination Sustainability Stories alongside other leading cities and regions throughout the globe. The stories are an annual selection of destinations demonstrating innovative and effective good practice to be shared as inspirational examples to other destinations, tour operators and international visitors.

Other Sustainable Business Resources