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Ten Commitments Revisited : Securing Australia's Future Environment.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781486301683
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ten Commitments RevisitedLOC classification:
  • TD171.8 -- .T463 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- A new iteration of 10 commitments - recommendations for policy change and action on environmental management -- Part 1 Ecosystems -- 1 Deserts - Steve Morton -- 2 Rangelands - Mark Stafford Smith -- 3 Temperate eucalypt woodlands - Suzanne M. Prober and Richard J. Hobbs -- 4 Tropical savanna landscapes - John Woinarski and Michael Douglas -- 5 Urban settlements - Phil McManus and Brendan Gleeson -- 6 Forests, forestry and forest management - David Lindenmayer -- 7 Tropical marine ecosystems - Ove Hoegh-Guldberg -- 8 Temperate marine ecosystems - Alan Butler and Nicholas Bax -- 9 Australian tropical rainforests - Stephen E. Williams, Brett R. Scheffers and Joanne L. Isaac -- 10 Alpine ecosystems - Ken Green -- 11 Freshwater ecosystems - Richard Kingsford -- 12 Coasts - Beverley Clarke, Timothy F. Smith and Neil Lazarow -- 13 Islands - John Woinarski, Derek Ball and Andrew A. Burbidge -- 14 Australian soils - Neil J. McKenzie -- Part 2 Sectors -- 15 Fisheries - Quentin Hanich, Warwick Gullett, Duncan Leadbitter, Alistair McIlgorm and Glenn Sant -- 16 Australian agriculture - Fiona McKenzie and John Williams -- 17 Mining - Gavin M. Mudd -- 18 Grazing - Richard Price and Sue Ogilvy -- 19 Tourism - Ralf Buckley -- 20 Industry and manufacturing - Michael H. Smith -- 21 Protected areas - Graeme Worboys and Ian Pulsford -- Part 3 Cross-cutting themes -- 22 Indigenous land and sea management - Jon Altman and Sue Jackson -- 23 Climate change - Lesley Hughes -- 24 Managing Australia's environment in the Anthropocene - Will Steffen -- 25 Water - Karen Hussey -- 26 Biodiversity - Hugh P. Possingham and David B. Lindenmayer -- 27 The private sector - Max Bourke -- 28 Population - Jonathan Sobels and Barney Foran -- 29 Human health - Anthony J. McMichael.
30 Landscape fires - A. Malcolm Gill and Geoffrey J. Cary -- 31 Disaster risk reduction - John Handmer and Naomi Brown -- 32 Energy - Ian Lowe -- 33 Policy and institutional reform for ecologically sustainable development - Stephen Dovers -- Part 4 Synthesis and overview -- 34 Synthesis and overview - David B. Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers and Steve Morton -- Index.
Summary: A must read follow up to the highly successful Ten Commitments book.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- A new iteration of 10 commitments - recommendations for policy change and action on environmental management -- Part 1 Ecosystems -- 1 Deserts - Steve Morton -- 2 Rangelands - Mark Stafford Smith -- 3 Temperate eucalypt woodlands - Suzanne M. Prober and Richard J. Hobbs -- 4 Tropical savanna landscapes - John Woinarski and Michael Douglas -- 5 Urban settlements - Phil McManus and Brendan Gleeson -- 6 Forests, forestry and forest management - David Lindenmayer -- 7 Tropical marine ecosystems - Ove Hoegh-Guldberg -- 8 Temperate marine ecosystems - Alan Butler and Nicholas Bax -- 9 Australian tropical rainforests - Stephen E. Williams, Brett R. Scheffers and Joanne L. Isaac -- 10 Alpine ecosystems - Ken Green -- 11 Freshwater ecosystems - Richard Kingsford -- 12 Coasts - Beverley Clarke, Timothy F. Smith and Neil Lazarow -- 13 Islands - John Woinarski, Derek Ball and Andrew A. Burbidge -- 14 Australian soils - Neil J. McKenzie -- Part 2 Sectors -- 15 Fisheries - Quentin Hanich, Warwick Gullett, Duncan Leadbitter, Alistair McIlgorm and Glenn Sant -- 16 Australian agriculture - Fiona McKenzie and John Williams -- 17 Mining - Gavin M. Mudd -- 18 Grazing - Richard Price and Sue Ogilvy -- 19 Tourism - Ralf Buckley -- 20 Industry and manufacturing - Michael H. Smith -- 21 Protected areas - Graeme Worboys and Ian Pulsford -- Part 3 Cross-cutting themes -- 22 Indigenous land and sea management - Jon Altman and Sue Jackson -- 23 Climate change - Lesley Hughes -- 24 Managing Australia's environment in the Anthropocene - Will Steffen -- 25 Water - Karen Hussey -- 26 Biodiversity - Hugh P. Possingham and David B. Lindenmayer -- 27 The private sector - Max Bourke -- 28 Population - Jonathan Sobels and Barney Foran -- 29 Human health - Anthony J. McMichael.

30 Landscape fires - A. Malcolm Gill and Geoffrey J. Cary -- 31 Disaster risk reduction - John Handmer and Naomi Brown -- 32 Energy - Ian Lowe -- 33 Policy and institutional reform for ecologically sustainable development - Stephen Dovers -- Part 4 Synthesis and overview -- 34 Synthesis and overview - David B. Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers and Steve Morton -- Index.

A must read follow up to the highly successful Ten Commitments book.

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