Patriots : Defending Australia's Natural Heritage 1946-2004.
"For more than sixty years a small group of dedicated people have been fighting to defend Australia's unique wildlife. Those conservationists battle indifference and hostility from government and developers, whose actions are responsible for the decimation of spectacular natural beauty. Al...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Brisbane :
University of Queensland Press,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "For more than sixty years a small group of dedicated people have been fighting to defend Australia's unique wildlife. Those conservationists battle indifference and hostility from government and developers, whose actions are responsible for the decimation of spectacular natural beauty. Although much has been lost, the conservation movement has won great victories and secured the preservation of some of the world's most pristine, and ecologically important landscapes. Patriots is the powerful and provocative account of this nation-defining struggle. William J. Lines charts the emergence of. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (417 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780702242205 0702242209 |