Saving the reef : The human story behind one of Australia's greatest environmental treasures / Rohan Lloyd.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lloyd, Rohan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Reef ecology--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
• Coral reef biology--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
• Marine biology--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
• Environmental protection--Citizen participation--Australia--Anecdotes.
• Ocean--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
• Coral reef biology--Social aspects.
• Oceanography--Australia--Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).
• Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, [2022]

Summary:

While in the past Australians wrestled with what the Reef is, today they are struggling to reconcile what it will be... To do this, we need to understand the Reef's intertwining human story.The Great Barrier Reef has come to dominate Australian imaginations and global environmental politics. In Saving the Reef, environmental historian Rohan Lloyd charts the social history of Australia's most prized yet vulnerable environment, from the relationship between First Nations peoples and colonial settlers, to the Reef's most portentous moment - the Save the Reef campaign launched in the 1960s. Through this gripping historical narrative and interwoven contemporary essays, Lloyd reveals how the scale of damage caused to the Reef has forced twenty-first century Australia to reconsider what 'saving' the Reef really means.

Contents:

• Cover
• Author Biography
• Title Page
• Imprint Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Author's Note
• Introduction
• Map of the Great Barrier Reef
• List of Abbreviations
• Chapter 1: European Arrival and Settlement
• Chapter 2: Exploitation and Enjoyment
• Knowledge
• Chapter 3: Emerging Concern
• Chapter 4: Towards Saving the Reef
• Catchment
• Chapter 5: The Save the Reef Campaign: Ellison Reef
• Chapter 6: We Must Appear to Be Well Informed
• Chapter 7: The Save the Reef Campaign: Oil Drilling
• Seeing
• Chapter 8: The Black Ban
• Chapter 9: Towards a Reef Commission
• Science
• Chapter 10: Royal Commission
• Chapter 11: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• Change
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgements
• Notes
• Index.

Notes:

• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
• Description based on print version record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780702267208
• 0702267201

OCLC:

1344482170