Author: Rupert MathwinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Lake Eyre Basin Rivers Assessment (LEBRA) 2013/14 Monitoring Report
Author: Rupert MathwinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Marine & Freshwater Research
Author: Lake Eyre Basin Agreement
Author: Lake Eyre Basin
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
"This report addresses the requirement under the Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement Act 2001, clause 10.4, that the Ministerial Forum must cause a review of the condition of watercourses and catchments within the Lake Eyre Basin Agreement Area on a 10 yearly basis. The major aims of this report are to • describe the current status of the Basin’s watercourses and catchments, including rivers, floodplains, and riverine lakes and wetlands, with a particular focus on hydrology, water quality, fish and waterbirds • identify and evaluate current threats and pressures facing water resources and riverine ecosystems of the Basin, especially those requiring a coordinated inter-jurisdictional approach."--Page 1.
Lake Eyre Basin Rivers
Author: Richard KingsfordPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486300804
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Water is scarce in the Lake Eyre Basin in the heart of Australia. The region goes through natural cycles of boom and bust, and the flooding of the basin rivers is accompanied by spectacular responses from wildlife and vegetation. However, the Lake Eyre Basin faces the threat of diversion of water from rivers and wetlands and development of floodplains for irrigation and mining. Around the world, such water resource developments have caused widespread degradation of rivers and loss of habitats. Lake Eyre Basin Rivers outlines the environmental, social and economic values of the rivers from a diverse range of perspectives, including science, tourism, economy, engineering, policy, Traditional Owners and pastoralists. It describes the current state of the environment and the past and ongoing threats to the river systems, drawing on stories from the Murray-Darling Basin. It also provides direction for ensuring that the rivers remain free-flowing to service the environment and future generations. This book is a valuable reference for environment and government agencies, industries and policy-makers concerned with the region and will be of interest to the communities of the Lake Eyre Basin.
Under the Shadow of the Rising Sun
Author: Meron MedziniPublisher: Jewish Identities in Post-Mode
ISBN: 9781644690314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Japan was a party to the Axis Alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. However, it ignored repeated German demands to harm the 40,000 Jews who found themselves under Japanese occupation during World War Two. This book attempts to answer why they behaved in a relatively humane fashion towards the Jews.
Practical Panarchy for Adaptive Water Governance
Author: Barbara CosensPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 331972472X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary project that examined how law, policy and ecological dynamics influence the governance of regional scale water based social-ecological systems in the United States and Australia. The volume explores the obstacles and opportunities for governance that is capable of management, adaptation, and transformation in these regional social-ecological systems as they respond to accelerating environmental change. With the onset of the Anthropocene, global and regional changes in biophysical inputs to these systems will challenge their capacity to respond while maintaining functions of water supply, flood control, hydropower production, water quality, and biodiversity. Governance lies at the heart of the capacity of these systems to meet these challenges. Assessment of water basins in the United States and Australia indicates that state-centric governance of these complex and dynamic social-environmental systems is evolving to a more complex, diverse, and complex array public and private arrangements. In this process, three challenges emerge for water governance to become adaptive to environmental change. First, is the need for legal reform to remove barriers to adaptive governance by authorizing government agencies to prepare for windows of opportunity through adaptive planning, and to institutionalize the results of innovative solutions that arise once a window opens. Second, is the need for legal reform to give government agencies the authority to facilitate and participate in adaptive management and governance. This must be accompanied by parallel legal reform to assure that engagement of private and economic actors and the increase in governmental flexibility does not destabilize basin economies or come at the expense of legitimacy, accountability, equity, and justice. Third, development of means to continually assess thresholds and resilience of social-ecological systems and the adaptive capacity of their current governance to structure actions at multiple scales. The massive investment in water infrastructure on the river basins studied has improved the agricultural, urban and economic sectors, largely at the cost of other social and environmental values. Today the infrastructure is aging and in need of substantial investment for those benefits to continue and adapt to ongoing environmental changes. The renewal of institutions and heavily engineered water systems also presents the opportunity to modernize these systems to address inequity and align with the values and objectives of the 21st century. Creative approaches are needed to transform and modernize water governance that increases the capacity of these water-based social-ecological systems to innovate, adapt, and learn, will provide the tools needed to navigate an uncertain future.
Global Runoff
Author: T. A. McMahonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The data base; Annual flow volumes; Annual peak discharges; Time series of annual flow volumes; Interpretation of continental parameters.
Restoration Guidelines for Shellfish Reefs
Author: Simon BraniganPublisher:
ISBN: 9780648567714
Category : Marine habitat conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The restoration of habitat has become a priority for many citizens and governments as the ecological and societal benefits of these habitats have been become more widely recognised. This publication is intended to provide foundational information to serve as a useful starting pointfor shellfish reef restoration.
Violence, Colonialism and Empire in the Modern World
Author: Philip DwyerPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319629239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
This book explores the theme of violence, repression and atrocity in imperial and colonial empires, as well as its representations and memories, from the late eighteenth through to the twentieth century. It examines the wide variety of violent means by which colonies and empire were maintained in the modern era, the politics of repression and the violent structures inherent in empire. Bringing together scholars from around the world, the book includes chapters on British, French, Dutch, Italian and Japanese colonies and conquests. It considers multiple experiences of colonial violence, ranging from political dispute to the non-lethal violence of everyday colonialism and the symbolic repression inherent in colonial practices and hierarchies. These comparative case studies show how violence was used to assert and maintain control in the colonies, contesting the long held view that the colonial project was of benefit to colonised peoples.