The nature of Northern Australia : natural values, ecological processes and future prospects

The nature of Northern Australia natural values, ecological processes and future prospects

Northern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth- alongside such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of Alaska and Canada, and the polar wilderness of Antarctica. Nature remains in abundance in ‘the North.’ Its intact tropical sa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Cooperative Research Centre for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas (Australia) (-), Wilderness Society (Australia), Myer Foundation, Charles Darwin University
Otros Autores: Woinarski, J. C. Z. 1955-, author (author), Mackey, Brendan, author, Nix, Henry, author, Traill, Barry, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra, ACT : ANU E Press [2007].
Materias:
Environmental sciences > Australia, Northern.
Human ecology > Australia, Northern.
Social ecology > Australia, Northern.
Human geography > Australia, Northern.
Australia, Northern > Economic conditions.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428301106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Objectives of this study
  • The region
  • Indigenous knowledge and values
  • The structure of this study
  • The authors
  • 2. The land and its people
  • The past: an Arafura inheritance
  • The 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. The natural values of Northern Australia
  • Local values
  • National and international values
  • The state of Australia's woodlands
  • The state of Australia's waterways
  • The North and Australia's biodiversity
  • 5. Problems in the landscape
  • Why worry?
  • Species decline
  • Landscape change
  • The 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?.

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