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oapen-20.500.12657-336832021-11-15T08:21:32Z The Nature of Northern Australia: its natural values, ecological processes and future prospects Woinarski, John Mackey, Brendan Nix, Henry Traill, Barry northern australia environment Savanna bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics Northern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth- alongside such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of Alaska and Canada, and the polar wilderness of Antarctica. Nature remains in abundance in ‘the North.’ Its intact tropical savannas, rainforests, and free flowing rivers provide a basis for much of the economic activity and the quality of life for residents of the area. The Nature of Northern Australia details the latest science on the Northern environment. With increasing debate over the future of Australia’s often forgotten North, this is a timely examination of its environmental significance, the ecological processes that make it function, and the economies that are compatible with maintaining healthy communities and people and healthy country into the future. The authors, Dr. John Woinarski, Professor Brendan Mackey, Professor Henry Nix and Dr. Barry Traill, are leading experts on the environment of Northern Australia, and combined have many decades of experience on Northern ecology and land management. 2013-11-12 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:53:40Z 2020-04-01T14:53:40Z 2007 book 459382 OCN: 1013782809 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33683 eng application/pdf n/a 459382.pdf http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/nature_na_citation ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_459382 10.26530/OAPEN_459382 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 127 Canberra open access
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Northern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth- alongside such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of Alaska and Canada, and the polar wilderness of Antarctica. Nature remains in abundance in ‘the North.’
Its intact tropical savannas, rainforests, and free flowing rivers provide a basis for much of the economic activity and the quality of life for residents of the area.
The Nature of Northern Australia details the latest science on the Northern environment.
With increasing debate over the future of Australia’s often forgotten North, this is a timely examination of its environmental significance, the ecological processes that make it function, and the economies that are compatible with maintaining healthy communities and people and healthy country into the future.
The authors, Dr. John Woinarski, Professor Brendan Mackey, Professor Henry Nix and Dr. Barry Traill, are leading experts on the environment of Northern Australia, and combined have many decades of experience on Northern ecology and land management.
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