Burning Issues: Sustainability and Management of Australia's Southern Forests - Softcover

Adams, Mark; Attiwill, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0643094431 ISBN 13: 9780643094437

Verlag: CSIRO Publishing, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Southern Australia is one of the three most fire-prone areas on Earth. After more than a century of urban growth and valiant efforts to 'tame' the bush, recent decades have seen more people moving back onto the fringe or into the middle of this volatile landscape. As this movement has intensified, so has the debate on how to best protect life and property from the ever-present bushfire threat. A long-running drought and a predicted warming climate have ensured that bushfire is a dominant factor in our nation's long-term planning. Following the tragic Victorian Black Saturday fires in 2009, a much greater urgency now confronts policy makers, land and fire managers and communities living in bushfire areas. This has led to a call for a single, simple answer on fuel reduction burning to reduce the bushfire risk. Burning Issues explains that this is a complex issue without such a simple answer. The book gives an account of the role of fire in Australia's ecosystems, how we have to accept and live with fire, and how we can manage fire both for safety and for diversity. It aims to change people's attitudes to fire, and to be influential in encouraging changes in land management by government agencies.

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Mark Adams is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Sydney. He has held numerous Professorial appointments and distinguished fellowships in Australia and around the world. His teaching and research is focused on understanding Australian ecosystems - the land of drought, fire and flooding rain.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CSIRO Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0643094431
• ISBN 13: 9780643094437
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 158
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland