Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Clearing of land
ISBN : 9780734753205
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Clearing of land
ISBN : 9780734753205
Author : Martin R. Perrow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 44,44 MB
Release : 2002-09-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521791298
The two volumes of this handbook provide a comprehensive account of the emerging and vibrant science of the ecological restoration of both habitats and species. Ecological restoration aims to achieve complete structural and functional, self-maintaining biological integrity following disturbance. In practice, any theoretical model is modified by a number of economic, social and ecological constraints. Consequently, material that might be considered as rehabilitation, enhancement, reconstruction or re-creation is also included. Restoration in Practice provides details of state-of-the-art restoration practice in a range of biomes within terrestrial and aquatic (marine, coastal and freshwater) ecosystems. Policy and legislative issues on all continents are also outlined and discussed. The accompanying volume, Principles of Restoration defines the underlying principles of restoration ecology. The Handbook of Ecological Restoration will be an invaluable resource to anyone concerned with the restoration, rehabilitation, enhancement or creation of habitats in aquatic or terrestrial systems, throughout the world.
Author : Natalie P. Stoianoff
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 24,39 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9041120874
Stoianoff (law, University of Wollongong, Australia) collects contributions from lawyers, scientists, and policy makers on issues related to the use of biological and genetic resources for commercial and scientific purposes. While emphasis is on the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Interna.
Author : Penny Figgis
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 12,4 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : 283170779X
Author : Neil McKenzie
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 50,39 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0643090916
Provides guidelines to promote the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia.
Author : NJ McKenzie
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 33,52 MB
Release : 2008-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0643099050
Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources promotes the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia. These surveys are primarily field operations that aim to identify, describe, map and evaluate the various kinds of soil or land resources in specific areas. The advent of geographic information systems, global positioning systems, airborne gamma radiometric remote sensing, digital terrain analysis, simulation modelling, efficient statistical analysis and internet-based delivery of information has dramatically changed the scene in the past two decades. As successor to the Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbook: Guidelines for Conducting Surveys, this authoritative guide incorporates these new methods and techniques for supporting natural resource management. Soil and land resource surveyors, engineering and environmental consultants, commissioners of surveys and funding agencies will benefit from the practical information provided on how best to use the new technologies that have been developed, as will professionals in the spatial sciences such as geomorphology, ecology and hydrology.
Author : David Lindenmayer
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 33,66 MB
Release : 2005-10-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0643099468
Practical Conservation Biology covers the complete array of topics that are central to conservation biology and natural resource management, thus providing the essential framework for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in these subject areas. Written by two of the world’s leading environment experts, it is a ‘must have’ reference for environment professionals in government, non-government and industry sectors. The book reflects the latest thinking on key topics such as extinction risks, losses of genetic variability, threatening processes, fire effects, landscape fragmentation, habitat loss and vegetation clearing, reserve design, sustainable harvesting of natural populations, population viability analysis, risk assessment, conservation biology policy, human population growth and its impacts on biodiversity. Practical Conservation Biology deals primarily with the Australian context but also includes many overseas case studies. The book is the most comprehensive assessment of conservation topics in Australia and one of the most comprehensive worldwide. Winner of the 2006 Whitley Award for Best Conservation Text.
Author : David Andrew Norton
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 26,99 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0643103252
Explains why it is important to sustain native plants & animals in agricultural landscapes, outlines issues in developing & implementing practical approaches to safeguard native biodiversity in rural areas. Considers ecological & agricultural issues that determine what native biodiversity occurs in farmland.--
Author : Michael I. Jeffery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 29,82 MB
Release : 2008-01-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139469128
The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies' third colloquium of 2005 brought together more than 130 experts from 27 nations on nearly every continent. This book brings together a number of the papers presented there and offers a global perspective on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures. It addresses issues from international, regional, and country-specific perspectives. The book is organized thematically to present a broad spectrum of issues, including the history and major governance structures in this area; the needs, problems, and prerequisites for biodiversity; area-based, species-based, and ecosystem-based conservation measures; the use of components of biodiversity and the processes affecting it; biosecurity; and access to and sharing of benefits from components of biodiversity and their economic value.
Author : Olafur Arnalds
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 13,69 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401596026
Desertification has occurred worldwide. The biophysical and socio-economic complexity of this phenomenon has challenged our ability to categorize, inventory, monitor and repair the condition of degraded lands. One of the most important distinctions to be made in relation to land degradation is between cultivated land used for annual crop production and `rangelands'. Grazing by free-roaming livestock is the traditional primary use of the world's rangelands. However, there is growing recognition of the importance of these vast acreages for wildlife habitat, hydrology and ground water recharge, recreation and aesthetics. This text focuses on the desertification of rangelands and explores processes, problems and solutions. Chapters in the first section evaluate interactions between `natural' and human-induced disturbance regimes, thresholds, and non-linear change with respect to vegetation, hydrology, nutrients and erosion. Chapters in the second section examine socio-economic constraints and approaches for preventing and reversing degradation. The book provides a contemporary, process-oriented perspective on rangeland degradation of value to students, policy-makers and professionals alike.