LEADER 04765 am 22006973u 450 001 9910141773503321 005 20230621140632.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000409962 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000672005 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12260195 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000672005 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10633481 035 $a(PQKB)10154880 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4749818 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00074326 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000409962 100 $a20170904h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe nature of Northern Australia $enatural values, ecological processes and future prospects /$fauthors, John Woinarski, Brendan Mackey, Henry Nix & Barry Triall 210 1$aCanberra, ACT :$cANU E Press,$d[2007]. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 127 pages) $ccolour illustrations, colour maps, photographs; digital file(s) 300 $a"Project coordinated by Larelle McMillan & Barry Traill." 300 $a"Tropical Savannas CRC." 300 $a"Myer Foundation." 300 $a"Charles Darwin University." 311 08$aPrint version: 9781921313301 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- Objectives of this study -- The region -- Indigenous knowledge and values -- The structure of this study -- The authors -- 2. The land and its people -- The past: an Arafura inheritance -- The Northern landscape -- Climate -- Soils -- Landforms -- Environments -- Biodiversity -- People of Northern Australia -- Regions of the North -- Current land use and economies -- 3. How the landscape works -- Ecological functioning and linkages -- Hydro-ecology: the interdependence of water and landscape function -- Ecological disturbance -- Interconnections of ecological movements -- Other critical ecological processes and linkages -- 4. The natural values of Northern Australia -- Local values -- National and international values -- The state of Australia's woodlands -- The state of Australia's waterways -- The North and Australia's biodiversity -- 5. Problems in the landscape -- Why worry? -- Species decline -- Landscape change -- The causes of current decline -- Depopulation and lack of resources -- Climate change -- Solace -- 6. A sustainable future for Northern Australia -- Protecting the natural legacy -- Conservation planning -- Living in the land -- Stories from the land -- Economic activities -- Where to from here?. 330 $aNorthern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth- alongside such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of Alaska and Canada, and the polar wilderness of Antarctica. Nature remains in abundance in ?the North.? Its intact tropical savannas, rainforests, and free flowing rivers provide a basis for much of the economic activity and the quality of life for residents of the area. The Nature of Northern Australia details the latest science on the Northern environment. With increasing debate over the future of Australia?s often forgotten North, this is a timely examination of its environmental significance, the ecological processes that make it function, and the economies that are compatible with maintaining healthy communities and people and healthy country into the future. The authors, Dr. John Woinarski, Professor Brendan Mackey, Professor Henry Nix and Dr. Barry Traill, are leading experts on the environment of Northern Australia, and combined have many decades of experience on Northern ecology and land management. 606 $aEnvironmental sciences$zAustralia, Northern 606 $aHuman ecology$zAustralia, Northern 606 $aSocial ecology$zAustralia, Northern 606 $aHuman geography$zAustralia, Northern 607 $aAustralia, Northern$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aEnvironmental sciences 615 0$aHuman ecology 615 0$aSocial ecology 615 0$aHuman geography 676 $a333.70994 700 $aWoinarski$b J. C. Z$g(John Casimir Zichy),$f1955-,$0801495 702 $aMackey$b Brendan 702 $aNix$b Henry 702 $aTraill$b Barry 712 02$aCooperative Research Centre for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas (Australia) 712 02$aWilderness Society (Australia) 712 02$aMyer Foundation. 712 02$aCharles Darwin University. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bAuAdUSA 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141773503321 996 $aThe nature of Northern Australia$92109081 997 $aUNINA