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Author Fenner Conference on the Environment (1999 : Canberra, A.C.T.)

Title Visions of future landscapes : proceedings of the Australian Academy of Science 1999, Fenner Conference on the Environment, 2-5 May 1999, Canberra / Ann Hamblin, editor
Published Kingston, ACT : Bureau of Rural Sciences, 2000

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Description viii, 328 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm
Series Fenner Conference on the Environment. Proceedings ; 1999
Contents Alternative directions for the twenty-first century: their implications for landscape and ecology / The late Robert Theobald -- Contributed papers and posters -- Closing comments / John Passioura -- Conference workshop Proceedings -- Chair - Andrew Pearce, Landcare New Zealand Ltd -- What have we learnt from this conference / Andrew Pearce -- Landscapes of the future: past changes, future visions / Val Wiseman -- Sunrise 21 : sustainable regional development case study / Ross Lake -- Group session outcomes. UTS
Community solutions and cultural visions -- Chair - Don Blesing, Cooper Basin Management Committee -- Maori identity in the Aotearoa Landscape / Tipene O'Regan -- Culture, environment and landcare in the Yirrakala region of north-east Arnhem Land / Banduk Marika -- Whose places? Community involvement in protection of heritage places in the landscape / Jane Lennon -- Landcare in the future: using landscaping now to design our futures / Finnuala Frost, Peter Metcalfe -- Prospects for a New Zealand Aotearoa cultural landscape / Colin Meurk, Simon Swaffield -- Plenary Session -- Chair - David Yencken, University of Melbourne --
Opening Session -- Chair - Peter O'Brien, Bureau of Rural Sciences -- Opening speech, Minister for Agricuture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia / delivered by GeoffreyGorrie -- Going beyond rhetoric: developing Australia sustainably / Nell Byron -- Learning from environmental mistakes: some thoughts on the international experience / Isobel Valericia -- Where are we now? -- Chair - David Bennett, Hassalls and Associates -- Contrasting perspectives: young countries in old landscapes and vice versa / Andrew Campbell -- The role of history in the creation of a vision of future landscapes / Matt McGIone -- Effects of changing vegetation on hydrology and biodiversity / Ted Lefroy, Richard Hobbs,Tom Hatton -- The potential of tree crops to contribute to the restoration of the ecological and economic balance of agricultural lands / Syd Shea --
The aesthetics of remnant vegetation and rural landscape futures / John Cary -- After the scene, after the fever / GeoffPark - Post Aboriginality, litter and responsibility / lan North -- This El Dorado of pure recognition and desert of pure non-recognition / Mandy Martin -- Landscape gardens and the colonial inheritance / James Broadbent -- Where are we going with current land uses and policies? -- Chair - Onko Kingma, Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry Australia -- Future landscapes of northern Australia: avoiding past mistakes, building a common future / AndrewJohnson -- Still settling Australia: landscapes, policies, institutions and memory / Stephen Dovers -- A future Australian landscape without sheep! / Alex Campbell -- Where do we want to be in the future? -- Chair - Morgan Williams, Commission for the Environment, New Zealand --
The lie of the land: landscapes seminar -- Chair - Elaine Lawson, Lanyon Historic Precinct -- From pictures to politics: aesthetics and politics: in eighteenth century theories of the sublime and the picturesque / Peter Haynes -- Colonial picturesque: an antipodean Claude Glass / KenTaylor -- Images of the desert in literature, visual arts and film / Roslynn Haynes -- Where are we going with current land uses and policies? -- Chair - John Williams, CSIRO Land and Water -- Scenarios for Australian landscapes / Doug Cocks -- Sustainable development for multiple land uses in New Zealand: utopian vision of realistic goal? / MorganWilliams -- Australia's coastal beauty: maintenance or despoilation / Andrew Short -- The lie of the land: landscapes seminar -- Chair - Tom Griffiths, Australian National University --
Visions of the Pilbara / George Seddon -- The fire that is the centre of each family: landscapes of the ancients / Marcia Langton -- Landscape and incident / Jonathon Bordo -- Visual presentations -- Environmental futures: the role of information technology / David Green -- The Fishman of South East Australia: a wilderness experience / John Reid -- Tools for the future -- Chair - Roy Green, National Land and Water Audit -- Using water wisely: improving the performance of our socil institutions in a human ecosystem context / Geoffrey Syme -- Biodiversity and farm diversity / Chris Williams, Stephen Morton, Mike Sutheland -- Art, agriculture, environment: the dynamic balance / James Darling -- Unlocking the secrets of travelling stock reserves and routes / lan Davidson -- The Iberian dehasa: unrealistic parkland or practical solution? / Anna Ridley, Richard Joffre --
Analysis Australia overseas comparisons
Conferences
Land resources
New Zealand
Sustainable development
Triple bottom line accounting
Notes Spiral binding
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Also available via the World Wide Web
Commonwealth of Australia 2000
Subject Environmental policy -- Australia.
Environmental protection -- Australia.
Environmental risk assessment.
Landscape protection -- Australia.
Landscapes -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Environmental conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384
Author Hamblin, A. P. (Ann Patricia), 1942-
Australia. Bureau of Rural Science.
Other Titles Proceedings of the 1999 Australian Academy of Science Fenner conference on the environment