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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460341303321

Titolo

Ten commitments revisited : securing Australia's future environment / / editors, David Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers and Steve Morton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Victoria : , : CSIRO Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4863-0168-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 pages)

Disciplina

333.70684

Soggetti

Environmental protection - Decision making

Environmental policy

Conservation of natural resources

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Ecosystems -- 1. Deserts -- 2. Rangelands -- 3. Temperate eucalypt woodlands -- 4. Tropical savanna landscapes -- Urban settlements -- 6. Forests, forestry and forest management -- 7. Tropical marine ecosystems -- 8. Temperate marine ecosystems -- 9. Australian tropical rainforests -- 10. Alpine ecosystems -- 11. Freshwater ecosystems -- 12. Coasts -- 13. Islands -- 14. Australian soils -- Part 2. Sectors -- 15. Fisheries -- 16. Australian agriculture -- 17. Mining -- 18. Grazing -- 19. Tourism -- 20. Industry and manufacturing -- 21. Protected areas -- Part 3. Cross-cutting themes -- 22. Indigenous land and sea management -- 23. Climate change -- 24. Managing Australia's enviornment in the Anthropocene -- 25. Water -- 26. Biodiversity -- 27. The private sector -- 28. Population -- 29. Human health -- 30. Landscape fires -- 31. Disaster risk reduction -- 32. Energy -- 33. Policy and institutional reform for ecologically sustainable development -- Part 4. Synthesis and overview -- Synthesis and overview .

Sommario/riassunto

What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia's environment? In this follow up to the highly successful book



Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country'sEnvironment, Australia's leading environmental thinkers have written provocative chapters on what must be done to tackle Australia's environmental problems - in terms of policies, on-ground actions and research.Chapters are grouped into ecosystems, sectors and cross-cutting themes. Topics include: deserts, rangelands, temperate eucalypt woodlands, tropical savanna landscapes, urban settlements, forestry management, tropical and temperate marine ecosystems, tropical rainforests, alpine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, coasts, islands, soils, fisheries, agriculture, mining, grazing, tourism, industry and manufacturing,protected areas, Indigenous land and sea management, climate change, water, biodiversity, population, human health, fire, energy and more. Ten Commitments Revisited is a 'must read' for politicians, policy makers, decision makers, practitioners and others with an interest in Australia's environment.