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Titolo: | Saving the Great Barrier Reef / / edited by Justin Healey |
Pubblicazione: | Thirroul, NSW : , : Spinney Press, , [2018] |
©2018 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (60 pages) : colour illustrations |
Disciplina: | 333.95 |
Soggetto topico: | Coral reef ecology - Australia - Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) |
Persona (resp. second.): | HealeyJustin |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Chapter 1: State of the Great Barrier Reef -- Chapter 2: Managing and protecting the reef -- Exploring issues |
Sommario/riassunto: | As the largest coral reef system on the globe and home to 1,500 species of fish and other diverse marine life, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is unquestionably one of the great wonders of the natural world. Unfortunately, it is also in grave danger of dying. Recent annual back-to-back coral bleaching events have drastically accelerated the existing damage to the Great Barrier Reef and its rich biodiversity. The reef is under threat from numerous pressures, both natural and man-made. These threats include over-fishing, coastal development, agriculture, mining, tourism and the ravaging ecological impacts of climate change. How is Australia sustainably managing the reef and the land-based and sea life it supports? What conservation threats are being effectively addressed – is it too late to save the Great Barrier Reef? |
Titolo autorizzato: | Saving the Great Barrier Reef |
ISBN: | 1925339734 |
9781925339734 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910796956203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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