Orienteering and the environment

Orienteering is a sport which is intertwined with the natural environment: it helps to educate people about the natural environment, and relies upon national parks, state forests and private land to hold events. Orienteering's impact on the environment is negligible in most cases, but events can be managed to avoid areas of extreme sensitivity.

On this page, we provide some information about orienteering and the environment, including:

• Orienteering Australia's Environmental Code of Conduct (which is appendix 7 to the OA Competition Rules).
• Scientific studies into the impact of orienteering upon the natural environment.
• Examples of management plan or submissions from orienteers about ways to manage issues between orienteering associations and landowners.
• OACT Environmental Monitoring Report Sep2012 (Gudgenby Homestead)

• 2012.09.12 OACT Media Release Namadgi Environmental Study