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Ten commitments revisited : securing Australia's future environment / editors, David Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers and Steve Morton.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Lindenmayer, David, editor.
Dovers, Stephen, editor.
Morton, Steve, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Environmental protection--Decision making.
Environmental protection.
Environmental policy.
Conservation of natural resources.
Australia.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, 2014.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia's environment? In this follow up to the highly successful book Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country'sEnvironment, Australia's leading environmental thinkers have written provocative chapters on what must be done to tackle Australia's environmental problems - in terms of policies, on-ground actions and research.Chapters are grouped into ecosystems, sectors and cross-cutting themes. Topics include: deserts, rangelands, temperate eucalypt woodlands, tropical savanna landscapes, urban settlements, forestry management, tropical and temperate marine ecosystems, tropical rainforests, alpine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, coasts, islands, soils, fisheries, agriculture, mining, grazing, tourism, industry and manufacturing,protected areas, Indigenous land and sea management, climate change, water, biodiversity, population, human health, fire, energy and more. Ten Commitments Revisited is a 'must read' for politicians, policy makers, decision makers, practitioners and others with an interest in Australia's environment.
Contents:
Part 1. Ecosystems
1. Deserts
2. Rangelands
3. Temperate eucalypt woodlands
4. Tropical savanna landscapes
Urban settlements
6. Forests, forestry and forest management
7. Tropical marine ecosystems
8. Temperate marine ecosystems
9. Australian tropical rainforests
10. Alpine ecosystems
11. Freshwater ecosystems
12. Coasts
13. Islands
14. Australian soils
Part 2. Sectors
15. Fisheries
16. Australian agriculture
17. Mining
18. Grazing
19. Tourism
20. Industry and manufacturing
21. Protected areas
Part 3. Cross-cutting themes
22. Indigenous land and sea management
23. Climate change
24. Managing Australia's enviornment in the Anthropocene
25. Water
26. Biodiversity
27. The private sector
28. Population
29. Human health
30. Landscape fires
31. Disaster risk reduction
32. Energy
33. Policy and institutional reform for ecologically sustainable development
Part 4. Synthesis and overview
Synthesis and overview .
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed September 24, 2014).
ISBN:
9781486301690
148630169X
9781486301683
1486301681
OCLC:
879642789

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