Title: Ten commitments : reshaping the lucky country's environment /
Authors: Lindenmayer, David.; CSIRO Publishing
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Environmental monitoring Australia.; Environmental policy Australia; Nature Effect of human beings on Australia; Land use Environmental aspects Australia.
Abstract: "In Ten Commitments, leading environmental thinkers in Australia have written provocative chapters on environmental issues facing the country. It is organised into three sections: by ecosystem (deserts, rangelands), by sector (fisheries, forestry); and cross-sector and cross-ecosystem themes. Each chapter addresses the question: What are the 10 key things that must be urgently addressed to improve Australia's environment? Readily accessible using straightforward language, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the environment."--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Machine derived contents note: Eulogy for Peter Cullen xxv -- John Williams -- Introduction 1 -- David Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers, Molly Harriss Olson and Steve Morton -- Ecosystems 3 -- Deserts 5 -- Steve Morton -- Rangelands 11 -- Mark Stafford Smith -- Temperate eucalypt woodlands 19 -- Suzanne M. Prober and Richard J. Hobbs -- Tropical savannas 27 -- John Woinarski -- Urban settlements 37 -- Brendan Gleeson and Phil McManus -- Forests, forestry and forest management 43 -- David Lindenmayer -- Tropical marine ecosystems 51 -- Ove Hoegh-Guldberg -- Temperate marine systems 59 -- Alan Butler -- Tropical rainforests 67 -- Stephen E. Williams and Joanne L. Isaac -- Alpine ecosystems 73 -- Ken Green -- Rivers, wetlands and estuaries 79 -- Richard Kingsford -- Coasts 87 -- Neil Lazarow, Timothy F. Smith and Beverley Clarke -- Sectors 95 -- Fisheries 97 -- Robert Kearney -- Agriculture 105 -- John Williams and Fiona McKenzie -- Mining 113 -- Gavin M. Mudd -- Grazing 119 -- Richard Price -- Tourism 125 -- RalfBuckley -- Cross-cutting themes 131 -- Climate change 133 -- Lesley Hughes -- The future of Australia's environment in the Anthropocene 143 -- Will Steffen -- Water 149 -- Peter Cullen, Mike Young and Jim McColl -- Biodiversity 155 -- Hugh P. Possingham -- The private sector 163 -- Max Bourke -- Population 169 -- Barney Foran and Nicole Gurran -- Sustaining Australia's health 179 -- Anthony J. McMichael -- Landscape fires 187 -- A. Malcolm Gill -- Emergency management 193 -- John Handmer and Naomi Brown -- Energy 201 -- Ian Lowe -- Indigenous land and sea management 207 -- Jon Altman and Sue Jackson -- Policy and institutional reforms 215 -- Stephen Dovers -- Synthesis and overview 225 -- Synthesis and overview 227 -- David Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers, Molly Harriss Olson and Steve Morton.