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Culture, ecology, and economy of fire management in North Australian Savannas : rekindling the Wurrk tradition /

This engaging volume explores the management of fire in one of the world's most flammable landscapes: Australia's tropical savannas, where on average 18% of the landscape is burned annually. Impacts have been particularly severe in the Arnhem Land Plateau, a centre of plant and animal dive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Russell-Smith, Jeremy, Whitehead, Peter J., Cooke, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Chapter 1 Challenges and opportunities for fire management in fire-prone northern Australia; Chapter 2 Things fall apart: the end of an era of systematic Indigenous fire management; Chapter 3 Change and catastrophe: adaptation, re-adaptation and fire in the Alligator Rivers region; Chapter 4 Buffalo and tin, Baki and Jesus: the creation of a modern wilderness; Chapter 5 The language of fire: seasonality, resources and landscape burning on the Arnhem Land Plateau.