| ISBN |
9780643097490 (hbk.) |
| Title |
Desert channels : the impulse to conserve / edited by Libby Robin, Chris Dickman and Mandy Martin. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2010. |
| ©2010 |
| Description |
xxii, 330 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles, portraits ; 21 x 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM. |
| Note |
CD-ROM in pocket inside back cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-320) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Place: 1. Arriving in the Desert Channels country / Chris Dickman -- 2. Alice Duncan-Kemp (Pinningarra) and the history of the frontier / Tom Griffiths -- 3. Connecting with our land / Karen Emmott -- 4. Pituri country / Mike Letnic and Luke Keogh -- Interlude I. Landscape studies 2007: environmental projects and the impulse to conserve / Mandy Martin -- Pt. 2. Landscape: 5. The story of our land revealed through plants / Glenda Wardle -- 6. Mystery and marvel: the invertebrate animal world / Steve Morton -- 7. Channel country rivers: the pulse of life / Julian Reid -- 8. Artesian springs / Rod Fensham -- Interlude II. Landscape studies 2008: aesthetic evaluation as an environmental tool / Mandy Martin -- Pt. 3. Biodiversity: 9. Mammals and birds: life on the move / Chris Dickman and Max Tischler -- 10. Reptiles, amphibians and fish: going with the flow / Chris Dickman and Mike Letnic -- 11. Dragons, diprotodons, dinosaurs and dust: 150 years of Desert Channels prehistory / Scott Hocknull and Alex Cook -- 12. Creating a herbarium for Cravens Peak / Max Bourke -- Interlude III. Landscape studies 2009: painting in place / Mandy Martin -- Pt. 4: Livelihood: 13. Conserving desert Australian livelihoods / Mark Stafford Smith -- 14. The forum is a campfire, the river is a story / Luke Keogh -- 15. Production lands, philanthropy and biodiversity / Guy Fitzhardige -- 16. Conservation science: here and beyond -- Interlude IV. Listening to the land: Encounter documentary of zebra finches at Ocean Bore (CD at back of book) / Richard Nelson and Steve Morton. |
| Supplement |
Has accompanying sound disc entitled: Encounters with zebra finches / Richard Nelson and Steve Morton ; recorded at Ocean Bore , Cravens Peak Reserve, Simpson Desert, 2008. |
| Subjects |
Desert Channels Queensland |
| Conservation of natural resources -- Queensland, Southwest |
| Natural resources management areas -- Queensland, Southwest |
| Watershed management -- Queensland, Southwest |
| Desert Channels Region (Qld.) |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Robin, Libby, 1956- (editor of compilation) |
| Dickman, Chris R (editor of compilation.) |
| Martin, Mandy, 1952- (editor of compilation) |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
CSIRO Publishing |
| Related title |
Encounters with zebra finches |
| Call number |
2015.012 |
| Smith/M 042 |
