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Author: Allan Fox Publisher: ISBN: 9781864364880 Category : Australia Languages : en Pages : 176
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This book, lavishly illustrated with over 300 coloured photographs, describes some of the major national parks and reserves of Australia. The key features of each area - unique scenery, wildlife highlights, local peoples, conservation projects and diverse visitor activities - are all given detailed coverage. Contains a summary of important National Parks, a list of useful addresses, suggestions for further reading and an index. The author has published over 30 books and has held very senior National Parks and Wildlife Service positions. In 1997 he was presented with the Award and Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Education in New South Wales.
Author: Allan Fox Publisher: ISBN: 9781864364880 Category : Australia Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
This book, lavishly illustrated with over 300 coloured photographs, describes some of the major national parks and reserves of Australia. The key features of each area - unique scenery, wildlife highlights, local peoples, conservation projects and diverse visitor activities - are all given detailed coverage. Contains a summary of important National Parks, a list of useful addresses, suggestions for further reading and an index. The author has published over 30 books and has held very senior National Parks and Wildlife Service positions. In 1997 he was presented with the Award and Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Education in New South Wales.
Author: Deirdre Slattery Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING ISBN: 1486301738 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 373
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Australian Alps is a fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks. It introduces the reader to Australia’s highest mountains, their climate, geology and soils, plants and animals and their human history. It traces the long-running conflicts between successive users of the mountains and explores the difficulties in managing the land for nature conservation. The book gives credit to little-known or understood stories of the people who have worked to establish better understanding of the Alps, especially their vital role as the major water catchments for south-eastern Australia. This new edition updates many themes, including the involvement of Aboriginal people in the region, catchment function and condition, pest plants and animals, fire and the issue of climate change. Written by a specialist with over 25 years’ experience in community education in and about the Australian Alps National Parks, this new edition features many excellent natural history and historical photographs. Ideal as support information for field trips, it will make a wonderful memento of an alpine visit. This book acts as a detailed companion to park interpretive material and to topic-specific field guides: it caters for readers who want a broad overview of areas of interest they will come across in a visit to the mountains.
Author: Gina M. Newton Publisher: National Library of Australia ISBN: 0642278881 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 168
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With its enticing and colourful design and its fascinating information, this is a book that children will want to pour over-either at home, in the classroom or on a road trip. This book brings together 55 national parks, selected across all Australian states and territories, and over 120 animals. It is divided into seven sections according to habitat (woodlands and grasslands; forests; rainforests; arid zones; mountains; wetlands and waterways; coasts, oceans and islands), each including a number of national parks and a selection of the fish, reptiles, frogs, birds and mammals that inhabit them. At the end of the book is a section on 'little critters'-beetles, spiders, butterflies, grasshoppers, bugs and so on. Each habitat section opens with photographs of the featured national parks and a description of the habitat. Each animal has its own page, which has a stunning colour photograph of the species, a map of its distribution range, its conservation status and scientific information about the species. The information is divided into the following sections: 'Fast Facts' gives you all the vital statistics, such as size, lifespan and number of young; 'Where Does It Live?' tells you where in Australia you can find the species and provides details about its home; 'What's Its Life Like?' tells you a bit about how the animal moves, behaves, eats and has young; and 'Interesting Info' has quirky and fascinating facts. This book features a foreword by the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Peter Cosgrove.
Author: Ron Moon Publisher: ISBN: Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 424
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Preparations for the vehicle and travellers - Basic 4WD - Camping - First aid and survivalPort Campbell National park - The Lakes National Park and Gippsland Lakes coastal park.
Author: Publishing, Explore Australia Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing ISBN: 9781741174021 Category : Australia Languages : en Pages : 0
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Whether you're a city-dweller on an escape holiday, or you're are planning a more extended trip, the second edition of 'Explore Australia's National Parks' offers you the best of natural Australia.
Author: Bernhard Gissibl Publisher: Berghahn Books ISBN: 0857455273 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 304
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National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s they have become a global phenomenon. The development of these ecological and political systems cannot be understood as a simple reaction to mounting environmental problems, nor can it be explained by the spread of environmental sensibilities. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, this volume adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time. It focuses especially on the actors, networks, mechanisms, arenas, and institutions responsible for the global spread of the national park and the associated utilization and mobilization of asymmetrical relationships of power and knowledge, contributing to scholarly discussions of globalization and the emergence of global environmental institutions and governance.