The nature of Northern Australia : natural values, ecological processes and future prospects /

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"A science report on the natural values of Northern Australia, ecological processes and connections that maintain these values. The report also considers what is necessary to manage threats and promote development pathways that will support healthy people on healthy country."--Publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Cooperative Research Centre for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas (Australia), Wilderness Society (Australia), Myer Foundation, Charles Darwin University
Otros Autores: Woinarski, John, 1955-, McMillan, Larelle, Traill, Barry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU E Press, 2007.
Colección:Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched
Temas:
Environmental sciences > Australia, Northern.
Human ecology > Australia, Northern.
Social ecology > Australia, Northern.
Human geography > Australia, Northern.
Sciences de l'environnement > Australie (Nord)
Écologie humaine > Australie (Nord)
Écologie sociale > Australie (Nord)
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Economic history.
Environmental sciences.
Human ecology.
Human geography.
Social ecology.
Australia, Northern > Economic conditions.
Australia, Northern > Social policy.
Northern Australia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction. Objectives of this study
  • The region
  • Indigenous knowledge and values
  • The structure of this study
  • The authors
  • 2. The land and its people. The past: an Arafura inheritance
  • The Northern landscape
  • Climate
  • Soils
  • Landforms
  • Environments
  • Biodiversity
  • People of Northern Australia
  • Regions of the North
  • Current land use and economies
  • 3. How the landscape works. Ecological functioning and linkages
  • Hydro-ecology: the interdependence of water and landscape function
  • Ecological disturbance
  • Interconnections of ecological movements
  • Other critical ecological processes and linkages
  • 4. The natural values of Northern Australia. Local values
  • National and international values
  • The state of Australia's woodlands
  • The state of Australia's waterways
  • The North and Australia's biodiversity
  • 5. Problems in the landscape. Why worry?
  • Species decline
  • Landscape change
  • The causes of current decline
  • Depopulation and lack of resources
  • Climate change
  • Solace
  • 6. A sustainable future for Northern Australia. Protecting the natural legacy
  • Conservation planning
  • Living in the land
  • Stories from the land
  • Economic activities
  • Where to from here?

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