Title The nature of Northern Australia : natural values, ecological processes and future prospects / authors, John Woinarski, Brendan Mackey, Henry Nix & Barry Traill

Published Canberra : ANU E Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 127 pages) : color illustrations, color maps, color portraits Series Open Access e-Books Knowledge Unlatched Contents 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? Summary "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 Notes "Project coordinated by Larelle McMillan & Barry Traill." "Tropical Savannas CRC." "The Wilderness Society." "Myer Foundation." "Charles Darwin University." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-121) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Environmental sciences -- Australia, Northern Human ecology -- Australia, Northern Social ecology -- Australia, Northern Human geography -- Australia, Northern SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology. Economic history Environmental sciences Human ecology Human geography Social ecology SUBJECT Australia, Northern -- Economic conditions Australia, Northern -- Social policy Subject Northern Australia Form Electronic book Author Woinarski, John, 1955- McMillan, Larelle Traill, Barry Cooperative Research Centre for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas (Australia) Wilderness Society (Australia) Myer Foundation. Charles Darwin University. ISBN 9781921313318 1921313315

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