Biodiversity Monitoring In Australia

Author : David Lindenmayer,Philip Gibbons
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643103597

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Biodiversity Monitoring in Australia by David Lindenmayer,Philip Gibbons Pdf

Ecological and biodiversity-based monitoring has been marked by an appalling lack of effectiveness and lack of success in Australia for more than 40 years, despite the billions of dollars that are invested in biodiversity conservation annually. What can be done to rectify this situation? This book tackles many aspects of the problem of biodiversity monitoring. It arose from a major workshop held at The Australian National University in February 2011, attended by leaders in the science, policy-making and management arenas of biodiversity conservation. The diversity of participants was deliberate – successful biodiversity monitoring is dependent on partnerships among people with different kinds of expertise. Chapter contributors examine what has led to successful monitoring, the key problems with biodiversity monitoring and practical solutions to those problems. By capturing critical insights into successes, failures and solutions, the authors provide high-level guidance for important initiatives such as the National Biodiversity Strategy, similar kinds of conservation initiatives in state government agencies, as well as non-government organisations that aim to improve conservation outcomes in Australia. Ultimately, the authors hope to considerably improve the quality and effectiveness of biodiversity monitoring in Australia, and to arrest the decline of biodiversity.

Author : Sarah Legge,Natasha Robinson,Benjamin Scheele,David Lindenmayer,Darren Southwell,Brendan Wintle
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486307739

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Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities by Sarah Legge,Natasha Robinson,Benjamin Scheele,David Lindenmayer,Darren Southwell,Brendan Wintle Pdf

Monitoring is integral to all aspects of policy and management for threatened biodiversity. It is fundamental to assessing the conservation status and trends of listed species and ecological communities. Monitoring data can be used to diagnose the causes of decline, to measure management effectiveness and to report on investment. It is also a valuable public engagement tool. Yet in Australia, monitoring threatened biodiversity is not always optimally managed. Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities aims to improve the standard of monitoring for Australia's threatened biodiversity. It gathers insights from some of the most experienced managers and scientists involved with monitoring programs for threatened species and ecological communities in Australia, and evaluates current monitoring programs, establishing a baseline against which the quality of future monitoring activity can be managed. Case studies provide examples of practical pathways to improve the quality of biodiversity monitoring, and guidelines to improve future programs are proposed. This book will benefit scientists, conservation managers, policy makers and those with an interest in threatened species monitoring and management.

Author : Emma Burns,David Lindenmayer,Andrew Lowe,Nicole Thurgate
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780643108578

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Biodiversity and Environmental Change by Emma Burns,David Lindenmayer,Andrew Lowe,Nicole Thurgate Pdf

Annotation Long-term ecological data are critical for informing long-term trends in biodiversity and trends in environmental change. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) is a major initiative of the Australian Government and one of its key areas of investment is to provide funding for a network of long-term ecological research plots around Australia (LTERN). This book highlights some of the temporal changes in the environment and/or in biodiversity that have occurred in different ecosystems, ranging from tropical rainforests, wet eucalypt forests and alpine regions through to rangelands and deserts. Many important trends and changes are documented and they often provide new insights that were previously poorly understood or unknown. These data are precisely the kinds of data so desperately needed to better quantify the temporal trajectories in the environment and biodiversity in Australia.

Author : Gene Likens,David Lindenmayer
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781486308934

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Effective Ecological Monitoring by Gene Likens,David Lindenmayer Pdf

Long-term monitoring programs are fundamental to understanding the natural environment and managing major environmental problems. Yet they are often done very poorly and ineffectively. This second edition of the highly acclaimed Effective Ecological Monitoring describes what makes monitoring programs successful and how to ensure that long-term monitoring studies persist. The book has been fully revised and updated but remains concise, illustrating key aspects of effective monitoring with case studies and examples. It includes new sections comparing surveillance-based and question-based monitoring, analysing environmental observation networks, and provides examples of adaptive monitoring. Based on the authors’ 80 years of collective experience in running long-term research and monitoring programs, Effective Ecological Monitoring is a valuable resource for the natural resource management, ecological and environmental science and policy communities.

Author : John Woinarski,Peter J. Whitehead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 0957848994

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Developing an Analytical Framework for Monitoring Biodiversity in Australia's Rangelands by John Woinarski,Peter J. Whitehead Pdf

Author : Stephen Garnett,John Woinarski,David Lindenmayer,Peter Latch
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781486307425

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Recovering Australian Threatened Species by Stephen Garnett,John Woinarski,David Lindenmayer,Peter Latch Pdf

Australia’s nature is exceptional, wonderful and important. But much has been lost, and the ongoing existence of many species now hangs by a thread. Against a relentless tide of threats to our biodiversity, many Australians, and government and non-government agencies, have devoted themselves to the challenge of conserving and recovering plant and animal species that now need our help to survive. This dedication has been rewarded with some outstanding and inspiring successes: of extinctions averted, of populations increasing, of communities actively involved in recovery efforts. Recovering Australian Threatened Species showcases successful conservation stories and identifies approaches and implementation methods that have been most effective in recovering threatened species. These diverse accounts – dealing with threatened plants, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals – show that the conservation of threatened species is achievable: that it can be done and should be done. They collectively serve to inform, guide and inspire other conservation efforts. This is a book of hope and inspiration. It shows that with dedication, knowledge and support, we can retain and restore our marvellous natural heritage, and gift to our descendants a world that is as diverse, healthy and beautiful as that which we have inherited.

Author : Anita K. Smyth,Craig James,Grant Whiteman,Australia. Environment Australia,Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Centre for Arid Zone Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0958101450

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Biodiversity Monitoring in the Rangelands by Anita K. Smyth,Craig James,Grant Whiteman,Australia. Environment Australia,Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Centre for Arid Zone Research Pdf

Author : Will Steffen,Andrew A. Burbidge,Lesley Hughes,Roger Kitching,David Lindenmayer,Warren Musgrave,Mark Stafford Smith,Patricia A. Werner
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780643096059

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Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change by Will Steffen,Andrew A. Burbidge,Lesley Hughes,Roger Kitching,David Lindenmayer,Warren Musgrave,Mark Stafford Smith,Patricia A. Werner Pdf

"Australia's unique biodiversity is under threat from a rapidly changing climate. The effects of climate change are already discernible at all levels of biodiversity - genes, species, communities and ecosystems. Many of Australia's most valued and iconic natural areas - the Great Barrier Reef, south-western Australia, the Kakadu wetlands and the Australian Alps - are among the most vulnerable. But much more is at stake than saving iconic species or ecosystems. Australia's biodiversity is fundamental to the country's national identity, economy and quality of life. In the face of uncertainty about specific climate scenarios, ecological and management principles provide a sound basis for maximising opportunities for species to adapt, communities to reorganise and ecosystems to transform while maintaining basic functions critical to human society. This innovative approach to biodiversity conservation under a changing climate leads to new challenges for management, policy development and institutional design. This book explores these challenges, building on a detailed analysis of the interactions between a changing climate and Australia's rich but threatened biodiversity. Australia's Biodiversity and Climate Change is an important reference for policy makers, researchers, educators, students, journalists, environmental and conservation NGOs, NRM managers, and private landholders with an interest in biodiversity conservation in a rapidly changing world."--Publisher.

Author : Steve Morton,Mark Lonsdale,Andy Sheppard
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486302079

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Biodiversity by Steve Morton,Mark Lonsdale,Andy Sheppard Pdf

Australians have stewardship of a beautiful, diverse and unique environment. We have long had a sense that the biodiversity of this country is special. Yet, despite our sense of its importance, in many parts of our country biodiversity is in trouble. Given the economic, ecological and social importance of biodiversity to our nation, CSIRO has been conducting research into Australia's biodiversity for nearly 90 years. This research has not simply focused on quantifying the challenge, but also on identifying practical solutions for its sustainable management. Biodiversity: Science and Solutions for Australia aims to provide access to the latest scientific knowledge on Australia’s biodiversity in an engaging and clear format. The book describes the ancient origins and unique features of Australia’s species, as well as the current status of our biodiversity. It outlines tools for management and planning, highlights Indigenous perspectives on biodiversity, and looks at how Australia’s biodiversity interacts with agriculture, the resources sector, cities, and with our changing global environment. Importantly, it also shows that biodiversity is in the eye of the beholder: for some it is our life support system, for others it is a resource to be used, for others it is a precious cultural symbol.

Author : Anita Smyth,Craig Dean James,Grant Whiteman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 0958101418

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Biodiversity Monitoring in the Rangelands by Anita Smyth,Craig Dean James,Grant Whiteman Pdf

This report (vol. I) describes the outcomes of an expert technical workshop on the monitoring of biodiversity in Australia's rangelands that was held from 29 October to 1 November 2002 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Subsequent to the workshop there are to be three key initiatives: a 'how-to' manual (Volume II) will be produced to describe the guiding principles and a delivery framework for biodiversity monitoring in the rangelands; an e-network will be set up for input into planning of biodiversity monitoring in the rangelands by workshop participants and others with similar interests; and, the outputs of the workshop and the new initiatives will be used to develop biodiversity information products for the ACRIS.

Author : David Lindenmayer,Mark A. Burgman
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780643090897

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Practical Conservation Biology by David Lindenmayer,Mark A. Burgman Pdf

Provides the essential framework for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in conservation biology and natural resource management by covering the complete array of topics central to these fields. Lindenmayer from ANU, ACT and Burgman from University of Melbourne, Vic.

Author : Tony Norton,Ted Lefroy,Kay Bailey,Greg Unwin
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643098664

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Biodiversity: Integrating Conservation and Production by Tony Norton,Ted Lefroy,Kay Bailey,Greg Unwin Pdf

Australia’s experience in community-based environmental repair is unique in the world, with no shortage of analysis by bureaucrats, academics and environmentalists. This collection of 17 case studies gives a view from ground level. It includes heroic accounts of families who changed their way of farming and their relationship to the land so significantly they found they could stop hand-feeding stock during a drought and see the bush coming back. It describes the experience with ‘bush tenders’, which were oversubscribed, as farmers competed with each other for stewardship payments to manage their grazing lands for endangered ground-nesting birds as well as beef and wool. And it tells of a group of wheat growers who plant patches of grassland for beneficial insects that save them tens of thousands of dollars a year in pesticide bills. The case studies arose from a meeting of 250 farmers, foresters and fishers from all Australian states, who met in Launceston as guests of the community group Tamar Natural Resource Management to reflect on the question: ‘Is it possible to be good environmental managers and prosper in our businesses?’ As well as tales of environmental hope, there are also messages about the limits of duty of care, the need to share the costs of achieving society’s expectations, and the possibility of learning from unlikely places. Biodiversity: Integrating Conservation and Production includes the seven ‘Tamar Principles’, distilled by the delegates from the meeting for those on the front line.

Author : Steve Morton,David Lindenmayer,Stephen Dovers
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486301690

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Ten Commitments Revisited by Steve Morton,David Lindenmayer,Stephen Dovers Pdf

What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia's environment? In this follow up to the highly successful book Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment, Australia’s leading environmental thinkers have written provocative chapters on what must be done to tackle Australia's environmental problems – in terms of policies, on-ground actions and research. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the 10 key tasks that need to be addressed in a given field, and then each issue is discussed in more detail. Chapters are grouped into ecosystems, sectors and cross-cutting themes. Topics include: deserts, rangelands, temperate eucalypt woodlands, tropical savanna landscapes, urban settlements, forestry management , tropical and temperate marine ecosystems, tropical rainforests, alpine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, coasts, islands, soils, fisheries, agriculture, mining, grazing, tourism, industry and manufacturing, protected areas, Indigenous land and sea management, climate change, water, biodiversity, population, human health, fire, energy and more. Ten Commitments Revisited is a must read for politicians, policy makers, decision makers, practitioners and others with an interest in Australia’s environment.

Author : Dean Ansell,Fiona Gibson,David Salt
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781760460167

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Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia by Dean Ansell,Fiona Gibson,David Salt Pdf

Learning from agri-environment schemes in Australia is a book about the birds and the beef — more specifically it is about the billions of dollars that governments pay farmers around the world each year to protect and restore biodiversity. After more than two decades of these schemes in Australia, what have we learnt? Are we getting the most out of these investments, and how should we do things differently in the future? Involving contributions from ecologists, economists, social scientists, restoration practitioners and policymakers, this book provides short, engaging chapters that cover a wide spectrum of environmental, agricultural and social issues involved in agri-environment schemes.

Author : Australia. Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories. Biodiversity Unit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : UCSD:31822023771694

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Biodiversity and Its Value by Australia. Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories. Biodiversity Unit Pdf