People, sheep and nature conservation
Subtitle: the Tasmanian experience
By: editors, Jamie Kirkpatrick and Kerry Bridle
Contributors: CSIRO (Australia)
Publisher: CSIRO Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Collingwood, VIC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780643094666
Subjects: Environmental Economics; Green Business; Natural Resources; NATURE; Sheep industry; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Environmental protection
Description: This book focuses on the interactions between people, sheep and nature in the run country of Tasmania. It addresses the relationship between production and conservation in natural landscapes grazed by sheep and examines potentially effective pathways to maintain conservation values in a production context that meet the economic needs of wool-growing communities. The book covers environmental geography, disturbance ecology, environmental history, cultural ecology, political ecology, social geography, rural sociology and economic geography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Preface; Chapter 1 History; Chapter 2 Managing the run country for production; Chapter 3 Conserving on the run country; Chapter 4 Trees on the run; Chapter 5 Sheep and nature on the run country; Chapter 6 Run country on the run; Chapter 7 The future of the run country; Chapter 8 Some overall conclusions; Appendixes; Glossary; References; Index;