Taming the wild: is the rise in 'eco-accommodation' a threat to Australia's national parks?

Commercial accommodation in parks promotes advocacy for the land, say tour companies, but critics argue it puts wilderness at riskFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingMick Ripon has fished from the rugged coastline of NSW's Ben Boyd national park for the past 45 years. Off the remote rocks of Green Cape, Ripon reeled in his biggest catch, a 68kg (150lb) yellowfin tuna, and even proposed to his wife.Now he's racing to stop the construction of multiple huts at Mowarry Point and Hegartys Bay that he says will rob the park of its wilderness appeal. Continue reading...