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Author Norton, David A. (David Andrew), 1958- author

Title Nature and farming : sustaining native biodiversity in agricultural landscapes / David Norton ; Nick Reid
Published Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2013
Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, 2013
©2013

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'BOOL  338.1620994 Nor/Naf  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 294 pages : colour illustration, maps ; 27 cm
Series ERA Collection
Contents Contents note continued: Farm forestry - The Hill -- Native farm forestry - Coombell -- Farm forestry - Woodside -- Diversified farming - Bangor -- 11.Opportunities and constraints -- 12.Facilitating biodiversity conservation -- 13.Management planning and goal setting -- 14.A way forward
Contents note continued: Grazing and woody weeds -- Seasonal grazing -- Grazing management to conserve understorey wildflowers -- Role of native biodiversity as shelter for lambing -- Native vegetation and natural pest control -- Conservation biological control in vineyards -- Pasture cropping and no-kill cropping -- Re-establishing native forest for conservation -- Broadacre revegetation - philanthropy and Cygnet Park Sanctuary -- Old man saltbush plantings -- Grassland restoration -- Sustainable management of native forests -- Falcons and vineyards -- 10.Property case studies -- Rangelands - Glenmore -- Rangelands - Woodgreen -- Native pastures - Lana -- Native pasture - Willydah -- Native/sown pasture - Melrose -- Sown pasture - Balcarres -- Mixed farming - Payneham Vale -- Sown pasture - Mangarara Station -- Sown pasture - Paterangi -- Irrigated arable farming - Kilmarnock -- Irrigated intensive cropping - Harts Creek -- Cropping to restore soil - Connewarran --
Machine generated contents note: 1.Why this book? -- 2.What biodiversity occurs in agricultural landscapes? -- 3.Accidents of history, farming and the impact on biodiversity -- 4.Implications of fragmentation for native biodiversity -- 5.Native biodiversity in the matrix - the flipside -- 6.Ultimate drivers of biodiversity change in agricultural systems -- 7.Introduction to case studies -- 8.Programs and approaches for biodiversity conservation -- Australian government's Environmental Stewardship Program -- Biodiversity offsetting -- Managing woody vegetation for carbon credits -- Grass banking -- Private stewardship - Bushland Conservation Pty Ltd -- Environmental certification -- Landcare -- Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust -- QEII National Trust covenants -- Brian Molloy - a New Zealand scientist making a difference -- David Curtis - an Australian scientist making a difference -- 9.Approaches to managing biodiversity on the ground -- Remnant management in New Zealand --
Summary Explains why it is important to sustain native plants&animals in agricultural landscapes, outlines issues in developing &implementing practical approaches to safeguardnative biodiversity in rural areas. Considers ecological &agricultural issues that determine what native biodiversity occurs in farmland. Norton at Uni of Canterbury, Reid at UNE
Analysis AGRICULTURE
Agriculture
Australian
BIODIVERSITY
Ecology & environmental science
Environmental studies
NATURE CONSERVATION
SUSTAINABILITY
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-386) and index
Audience Tertiary/Undergraduate, General
Subject Agriculture.
Agrobiodiversity conservation -- Australia.
Agrobiodiversity conservation -- New Zealand.
Biodiversity conservation -- Australia.
Biodiversity conservation -- New Zealand.
Conservation of natural resources -- Study and teaching.
Human ecology -- Study and teaching.
Nature conservation -- Australia.
Nature conservation -- New Zealand.
Sustainable agriculture -- Australia.
Sustainable agriculture -- New Zealand.
Author Reid, Nick (Nick C. H.), 1957- author
LC no. 2012554854
ISBN 0643103252
9780643103252 (paperback)
9780643106598 (epdf)
9780643106604 (epub.)
Other Titles Sustaining native biodiversity in agricultural landscapes