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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Collingwood, Vic. :
CSIRO Pub.,
2009.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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 diversity on Indigenous land. Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas documents a remarkable collaboration between Arnhem Land's traditional landowners and the scientific community to arrest a potentially catastrophic fire-driven decline in the natural and cultural assets of t. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (x, 404 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-394) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780643098299 0643098291 1283155575 9781283155571 |