Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment

by David Lindenmayer (Editor), Stephen Dovers (Editor), Molly Harriss Olson (Editor), Steve Morton (Editor)

Overview

In Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country’s Environment, leading environmental thinkers in Australia have written provocative chapters on environmental issues facing the nation. Each chapter includes 10 key issues that must be urgently addressed to improve Australia’s environment.

The book is organised by ecosystem, by sector and by cross-cutting themes. Topics include: deserts, rangelands, woodlands, tropical savannas, urban settlements, forestry, tropical and temperate marine ecosystems, tropical rainforest, alpine and aquatic ecosystems, coasts, fisheries, agriculture, mining, grazing, tourism, climate change, earth systems, water, biodiversity, policy and institutional reforms, the private sector, human population, health, fire, emergency management, Indigenous land management and energy.

With over 40 experts weighing in on Australia’s most pressing issues, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780643099661
Publisher:	CSIRO PUBLISHING
Publication date:	10/01/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

David Lindenmayer is a Professor at The Australian National University. He has worked on the conservation of forests and their wildlife for more than 35 years. He has published 45 books and over 1100 scientific papers, and has broad interests in conservation biology, landscape ecology, vertebrate ecology, forest ecology and woodland conservation. He has received numerous awards and is a member of the Australian Academy of Science and an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow.

Steve Morton is an Honorary Fellow with CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences in Alice Springs. He is an ecologist with a long-standing interest in desert Australia.

Stephen Dovers is a Professor and the Director of the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University. He focuses on generic policy and institutional dimensions in environment and sustainability, combining contemporary and historical perspectives across a diverse range of sectors, most of which represent environmental dilemmas with strong justice conflicts.

Molly Hariss Olson is a Director of Eco Futures Pty Ltd, the Convenor of the National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development, and an internationally recognised leader on sustainability.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Eulogy for Peter Cullen—John Williams; Introduction—David Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers, Molly Harriss Olson and Steve Morton; ECOSYSTEMS: Deserts—Steve Morton; Rangelands—Mark Stafford Smith; Temperate Eucalypt Woodlands—Suzanne M. Prober and Richard J. Hobbs; Tropical Savannas—John Woinarski; Urban Settlements—Brendan Gleeson and Phil McManus; Forests, Forestry and Forest Management—David Lindenmayer; Tropical Marine Ecosystems—Ove Hoegh-Guldberg; Temperate Marine Systems—Alan Butler; Tropical Rainforests—Stephen E. Williams and Joanne L. Isaaac; Alpine Ecosystems—Ken Green; Rivers, Wetlands and Estuaries—Richard Kingsford; Coasts—Neil Lazarow, Timothy F. Smith and Beverley Clarke; SECTORS: Fisheries—Robert Kearney; Agriculture—John Williams and Fiona McKenzie; Mining—Gavin M. Mudd; Grazing—Richard Price; Tourism—Ralf Buckley; CROSS-CUTTING THEMES: Climate Change—Leslie Hughes; The Future of Australia’s Environment in the Anthropocene—Will Steffen; Water—Peter Cullen, Mike Young and Jim McColl; Biodiversity—Hugh P. Possingham; The Private Sector—Max Bourke; Population—Barney Foran and Nicole Gurran; Sustaining Australia’s Health—Anthony J. McMichael; Landscape Fires—A. Malcolm Gill; Emergency Management—John Handmer and Naomi Brown; Energy—Ian Lowe; Indigenous Land and Sea Management—Jon Altman and Sue Jackson; Policy and Institutional Reforms—Stephen Dovers; SYNTHESIS AND OVERVIEW: Synthesis and Overview—David Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers, Molly Harriss Olson and Steve Morton; Index.

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