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Title People, sheep and nature conservation : the Tasmanian experience / editors, Jamie Kirkpatrick and Kerry Bridle.

Publication Info. Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Pub., [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (250 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface; Chapter 1 History; Chapter 2 Managing the run country for production; Chapter 3 Conserving on the run country; Chapter 4 Trees on the run; Chapter 5 Sheep and nature on the run country; Chapter 6 Run country on the run; Chapter 7 The future of the run country; Chapter 8 Some overall conclusions; Appendixes; Glossary; References; Index.
Summary This book focuses on the interactions between people, sheep and nature in the run country of Tasmania. It addresses the relationship between production and conservation in natural landscapes grazed by sheep and examines potentially effective pathways to maintain conservation values in a production context that meet the economic needs of wool-growing communities. The book covers environmental geography, disturbance ecology, environmental history, cultural ecology, political ecology, social geography, rural sociology and economic geography.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Environmental protection -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Environmental protection.
Australia.
Tasmania.
Sheep industry -- Environmental aspects -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Sheep industry.
Sheep industry -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kirkpatrick, J. B. (James Barrie)
Bridle, Kerry.
CSIRO (Australia)
Other Form: Print version: People, sheep and nature conservation. Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Pub., ©2007 9780643093720
ISBN 9780643094666 (electronic book)
0643094660 (electronic book)
1283154897
9781283154895