| Description |
1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Bob Brown's vision -- Making a mark on the environment -- Harnessing the chaos and energy -- changing environmental movement -- Growing pains -- Establishing guidelines for bush purchases -- Going national -- CEO for Bush Heritage -- Internal discord -- pt. 2 Making the vision a reality -- turning point -- Activist, lawyer, teacher, advocate -- Stepping up the pace -- valuable mentor -- Location, location, location -- Gondwana Link project -- Changing direction -- Putting systems in place -- pt. 3 Expanding Australia-wide -- Fences, ferals, fires and floods -- Charles Darwin Reserve -- broader focus -- Anchors in the Landscape swings into action -- $6 million breakfast -- Donated properties -- Properties, properties everywhere -- Back at the office ... -- one that got away -- pt. 4 Preparing for perpetuity -- crisis of confidence -- people on the ground -- Work on the reserves -- Changing the focus -- Aboriginal partnerships -- Reserve managers -- Innovation at Scottsdale -- highs and low of 2012 -- Science underpins a bold future -- Exciting times |
| Summary |
With a plan to own or manage one per cent of Australia by 2025, Bush Heritage Australia is an organisation with big ambitions. Started by Bob Brown in 1991, Bush Heritage was born from an urgent mission: to protect pristine land from logging. After buying two blocks of land in Tasmania's Liffey Valley, Brown built a philanthropic organisation to help pay for them. As donations flowed in and the organisation grew, Bush Heritage set its sights on acquiring tracts of land across the country, repairing environmental degradation and bringing native plants and wildlife back to health. Twenty-five years later, with more than one million hectares in its care, Bush Heritage's achievements are celebrated in this book along with its growth from humble beginnings into a large non-profit with benefactors all over the world. Central to this story are the ecologists, researchers, land managers, local Indigenous groups, staff, donors and a brigade of volunteers who have helped the organisation to thrive |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural resources conservation areas -- Australia
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Nature conservation -- Australia
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Wildlife conservation -- Australia
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Land tenure -- Australia
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Land tenure.
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Natural resources conservation areas.
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Nature conservation.
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Wildlife conservation.
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Australia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017392901 |
| ISBN |
9781742247915 |
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1742247911 |
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1742235042 |
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9781742235042 |
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