Author: A. L. PaynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pastures
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
An Inventory and Condition Survey of the Roebourne Plains and Surrounds, Western Australia
Author: A. L. PaynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pastures
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
An Inventory and Condition Survey of the Pilbara Region, Western Australia
Author: Alexandra Margaretha Elizabeth Van VreeswykPublisher:
ISBN: 9780646443492
Category : Pastures
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range, Pilbara Region, Western Australia
Author: Dawn CropperPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784919772
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This volume offers a detailed study of six exceptional rockshelter sites from the inland Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Consisting of 18 chapters, it is rich with colour photographs, illustrations, and figures, including high-resolution images of the rockshelter sites, excavations, stratigraphic sections, cultural features, and artefacts.
Night Parrot
Author: Penny OlsenPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486303005
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
For well over a century, the Night Parrot lured its seekers into Australia's vast, arid outback. From the beginning it was a mysterious bird. Fewer than 30 specimens were collected before it all but disappeared, offering only fleeting glimpses and the occasional mummified body as proof of its continued existence. Protected by spinifex and darkness, the parrot attained almost mythical status: a challenge to birdwatchers and an inspiration to poets, novelists and artists. Night Parrot documents the competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the history of the bird and its followers, culminating in the recent discovery of live birds at a few widely scattered locations. It describes what we are now unravelling about the mysteries of its biology and ecology and what is still left to learn. Complemented by guest essays, illustrations and photographs from a wide variety of sources, this book sheds light on Australia's most elusive bird.
Technical Bulletin
Author: Sustainability of Water Resources
Author: Goen HoPublisher: IWA Publishing
ISBN: 9781843395027
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Water is essential for all life forms. It is a fundamental resource necessary for socio-economic development and for ecological sustainability. Good quality water is becoming scarce due to population growth and associated industrial development and pollution particularly in towns and cities. It is timely that the sustainability and management of water resources is widely discussed noting that water can be used an unlimited number of times with proper treatment. The papers in Sustainability of Water Resources, were originally presented at a meeting at Murdoch University on 13-14 November 2002, where new and innovative methods of treatment, better understanding and assessment of resources and their supporting ecosystems, and proper management for conservation were explored. The meeting was preceded by a two day workshop on 'Water for Cities' and participants from the workshop from the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean regions contributed to lively discussion at the conference
Methods for Sustainability Research
Author: Janette Hartz-KarpPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1786432730
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This book offers a collection of methods and approaches aimed at resolving some of humanity’s most pressing problems on a local and global level. Many of the methods are practical, with straightforward application and demonstrated positive outcomes whilst others are more visionary. Important for transitioning to a more sustainable world, these methods allow for the constructive challenging of existing western development and governance.
Tropical Ecosystems in Australia
Author: Dilwyn GriffithsPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000702286
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Over the last century, the world has lived through changes more rapid than those experienced at any other time in human history, leading to pressing environmental problems and demands on the world’s finite resources. Nowhere is this more evident than across the world’s warm belt; a region likely to have the greatest problems and which is home to some of the world’s most disadvantaged people. This book reviews aspects of the biology of tropical ecosystems of northern Australia, as they have been affected by climatic, social and land-use changes. Tropical Australia can be regarded as a microcosm of the world’s tropics and as such, shares with other tropical regions many of the conflicts between various forms of development and environmental considerations. The book draws on a wide range of case studies of tropical Australian ecosystems ranging from coastal coral reefs and mangroves, known to be among the most vulnerable to the effects of the imposed changes, to cropping and pasture lands which, under careful management, have the potential remain as productive and sustainable agricultural or forestry ecosystems. Expert author Dilwyn Griffiths -emphasizes the importance of maintaining an active program for the establishment and management of national parks and environmental reserves -describes the effects of mining and other forms of industrial and urban development with particular reference to mine-site rehabilitation - explores problems relating to the restoration of marginally uneconomic farming land as alternative forms of land-use such as carbon farming through photosynthetically-driven carbon sequestration. This accessible reference work should find a place in educational libraries at all levels and become an essential resource for environmentalists and anyone with interests in various forms of land-use and development.
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