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Author Pyers, Greg.

Title Water ways : wetlands conservation in Australia / Greg Pyers
Published Port Melbourne : Reed Library-Cardigan Street, 1997

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 MELB  333.918160994 Pye/Www  AVAILABLE
Description vi, 58 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Series Green issues
Green issues series (CIS Cardigan Street)
Green issues (Carlton, Vic.)
Green issues series (CIS Cardigan Street)
Contents Australia's wetlands -- Threats to Australia's wetlands -- Irrigation and Australia's wetlands -- Australia's wetland wildlife under threat -- Conservation of Australia's wetlands -- Personal action for wetlands conservation
Summary Definition of the term "wetlands" - Types of wetlands - Impact on wetlands of threats such as drainage, dredging, grazing, salination, sedimentation, pollution and recreation - Irrigation - Wetlands wildlife including the platypus, trout cod, frogs and the Western swamp tortoise - Conservation efforts in wetlands
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: page 56
Audience Secondary school students (Years 7-9)
Subject Content area reading.
Pollution -- Juvenile literature.
Water conservation -- Australia.
Wetland conservation -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
Wetland ecology -- Juvenile literature.
Wetlands -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.
LC no. abn97000959
ISBN 1863917926
Other Titles Waterways : wetlands conservation in Australia