Author: Beresford, Quentin; Bekle, Hugo; Phillips, Harry; Mulcock, Jane. Title: The Salinity Crisis: Landscapes, Communities and Politics [Contemporary Issues Series].
Description: Perth, Crawley University of Western Australia Press (UWAP), 2004. Updated ed. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition, colour & black & white photos, tables, minor edgewear. 335 pp. Updated edition (adds 8-page epilogue). Salinity is destroying landscapes, communities and biodiversity across rural Australia. This book, the first attempt to provide a comprehensive explanation, describes the relentless drive for agricultural development from massive land-clearing programs, and highlights the decades of denial by governments that salinity was a problem. Acknowledges the pioneering efforts of local communities to fight salinity, and emphasizes the vision needed by governments to halt the damage now. ISBN: 1920694161
Keywords: environment, conservation, salinity, earth sciences, geography, rural, agriculture, farming, australian government 1920694161
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- Book number: 22729
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