Автор: Ronda J. Green

Ismar Borges de Lima is currently an associate professor at the State University of Roraima (UERR), Brazil, and an Adjunct Lecturer at Southern Cross University (SCU), Australia, where he also did his postdoc studies in 2015 at the School of Business and Tourism with research on wildlife tourism and environmental interpretation in parks. He is a Ph.D. holder in the field of Geography & Tourism, a degree awarded in 2008 by the University of Waikato, in New Zealand.  Ronda holds a Ph D in zoology and has conducted much ecological and behavioural research over the years, especially seed dispersal by fruit-eating animals and the effects of habitat alteration on wildlife, also play behaviour of chimpanzees and various aspects of wildlife tourism. She has had extensive experience in nature interpretation for all ages, having run a holiday farm, worked as ranger in charge of interpretive activities, lectured at university and adult education classes, among others. S he is currently chair of Wildlife Tourism Australia and Scenic Rim Wildlife.