| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 127 pages) : color illustrations, color maps, color portraits |
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data file |
| Note |
"Project coordinated by Larelle McMillan & Barry Traill." |
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"Tropical Savannas CRC." |
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"The Wilderness Society." |
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"Myer Foundation." |
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"Charles Darwin University." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-121) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. Objectives of this study -- Region -- Indigenous knowledge and values -- Structure of this study -- Authors -- 2. The land and its people. Past: an Arafura inheritance -- 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. Natural values of Northern Australia. Local values -- National and international values -- State of Australia's woodlands -- State of Australia's waterways -- North and Australia's biodiversity -- 5. Problems in the landscape. Why worry? -- Species decline -- Landscape change -- 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. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Environmental sciences -- Australia, Northern.
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Environmental sciences. |
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Human ecology -- Australia, Northern.
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Human ecology. |
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Social ecology -- Australia, Northern.
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Social ecology. |
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Human geography -- Australia, Northern.
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Human geography. |
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Australia, Northern -- Economic conditions.
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Australia, Northern -- Social policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Woinarski, John, 1955-
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McMillan, Larelle.
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Traill, Barry.
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Cooperative Research Centre for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas (Australia)
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Wilderness Society (Australia)
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Myer Foundation.
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Charles Darwin University.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Woinarski, J.C.Z. (John Casimir Zichy), 1955- Nature of Northern Australia. Canberra : ANU E Press, 2007 9781921313301 (DLC) 2008378049 (OCoLC)271083688 |
| ISBN |
9781921313318 (electronic book) |
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1921313315 (electronic book) |
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9781921313301 (paperback) |
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1921313307 (paperback) |
| Report No. |
JSTOR Open Access |
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