Old Land, New Landscapes : A Story of Farmers, Conservation and the Landcare Movement.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservation of natural resources--Australia--New South Wales.

Conservation of natural resources.

Land use--Australia--New South Wales.

Land use.

Environmental protection--Australia--New South Wales--Citizen participation.

Environmental protection.

Sustainable development--Australia--New South Wales.

Sustainable development.

Farmers--Education--Australia--New South Wales.

Farmers.

Landscape ecology--Australia--New South Wales.

Landscape ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2005.

Summary:

Old Land, New Landscapes is the story of a farming community fighting to rehabilitate land degraded by more than a century of farming. Chris Williams tells of the trials and triumphs of the Sutherland family and other volunteers based around Peak Hill in central western New South Wales, as they set out to restore native vegetation and create the Genaren Hill wildlife sanctuary. This authoritative and engaging book is essential reading for farmers and Landcare scheme participants, but will also appeal to those who enjoy reading about the Australian bush and the resourceful characters who live there.

Contents:

Intro

Old Land, New Landscapes

Contents

Acknowledgements

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction

The biodiversity crisis

1 Seeing Land, Seeking Landscape

The creation of Landcare

Researching Landcare

The Genaren Hill Landcare Group

2 Genesis of a Landcare Group

Genaren Hill Landcare Group area

The creation of the present-day landscape

Ecological change

Genaren and the Sutherland family

The Sanctuary becomes a Landcare Project

3 Bringing Back the Bettong

Advocating an adaptive approach: Can we have some bettongs?

4 Creating Nature Conservation Farmers

5 Landcare, Yeoman Plots and Farm Planning

6 Learning from Laggards

The Community Biodiversity Program

7 Dreaming New Landscapes

The functional role of the Genaren Hill Sanctuary

Covenants, partnerships and institutions

In praise of laggards

8 Gardening the Bush

The parable of the spiky bush

Once were woodlands: towards a post-colonial Romance of bush fragmentation

9 Goodbye Genaren

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780522868524

0522868525

OCLC:

1496391004