215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Contents
I. Wilderness - a quality of humankind -- The interpretation of wilderness -- Wilderness - a natural asset -- The wilderness of the American Indian -- The African and wilderness -- Hunting is a part of conservation -- Wilderness - to clear of conserve? -- Art in the wilderness -- Rock art of Cape York -- Wilderness and the human spirit -- II. Wilderness - a place on the earth -- The wilderness of Cape York Peninsula -- The use and misuse of wilderness in Southwest Tasmania -- The wilderness and people of the Strickland River -- The Antarctic wilderness -- The wilderness of Greenland -- The remnants of European wilderness -- Tropical rainforest and the wilderness experience -- Coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef -- Management of the Great Barrier Reef -- III. Wilderness - a need for our future -- People and wilderness -- Management of wilderness in New South Wales -- Management needs and problems associated with wilderness preservation -- Nature conservation, wilderness and interpretation -- The volunteer's role in nature conservation -- Scientific imperialism and the Third World -- Mineral exploration in relation to wilderness areas -- Tropical rainforest - creating a new cultural link
Summary
Papers by P.J. Trezise and D. Roughsey, and J.D. Ovington and A.M. Fox, annotated separately
Analysis
Wilderness
Notes
Includes contributions to the Second World Wilderness Congress held in Australia in 1980
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
