Description |
viii, 127 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cm |
Series |
Biodiversity series ; paper no. 3 |
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Biodiversity series ; paper no. 3
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Contents |
Foreword / H.C. Coombs -- Introduction -- Deborah Bird Rose -- Welcome address / Wali Fejo -- Mindjongork: legacy of the firestick / Rhys Jones -- Fire, people, landscapes and wilderness: some thoughts of North Australia / Tony Press -- Fire: emotion and politics: a Ynayuwa case study / John Bradley -- Bushfires Council, the community and you / Russell Anderson -- Fire management in the Northern Territory post-Mabo: the legal basis for Aboriginal burning / Camilla Hughes -- Discussion 1. Poem: firestick farming / Mark O'Connor -- Burn grass / April Bright -- Fire in the Kimberley / Patrick Green -- Fire in Arnhem Land / Joe Yunupingu -- Discussion 2. A tropical Queensland perspective / Peter Stanton -- Fire in the desert: increasing biodiversity in the short term, decreasing it in the long term / Pter Latz -- We like our lizards frilled not grilled!: the short-term effects of fire on frillneck lizards in the Top End / Tony Griffiths -- A health savanna, endangered mammals and Aboriginal burning / R.W. Braithwaite -- Why the skillful use of fire is critical for the management of biodiversity in Northern Australia / David Bowman -- Discussion 3. Final discussion |
Summary |
Papers from the Symposium carry common theme of importance of accepting fire as an integral part of Australian habitat; need to learn from the Indigenous people, from local experience and from science; papers annotated separately |
Analysis |
Aborigines |
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Biodiversity |
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Biological diversity--australia, northern--congresses |
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Bushfires |
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Environmental impact |
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Fire ecology--australia, northern--congresses |
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Fires |
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Habitats |
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Management |
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Plants |
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Wildlife |
Notes |
"The Country in Flames Symposium ... [held] in Darwin on 27 August 1994" -- T.p. verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web |
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Commonwealth of Australia and North Australia Research Unit (ANU) 1995 |
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Biodiversity series no:paper.3 |
Subject |
Biodiversity -- Australia, Northern.
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Fire ecology -- Australia, Northern.
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Biodiversity -- Australia, Northern.
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Biodiversity -- Australia, Northern -- Congresses.
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Biodiversity -- Australia.
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Fire ecology -- Australia, Northern.
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Fire ecology -- Australia, Northern -- Congresses.
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Fire ecology -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Congresses.
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Forest fires -- Australia, Northern -- Management -- Congresses.
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Ground cover fires -- Australia, Northern -- Management -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Rose, Deborah Bird, 1946-
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Australia. Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories. Biodiversity Unit.
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Australian National University. North Australia Research Unit.
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Country in Flames Symposium (1994 : Darwin, N.T.)
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LC no. |
abn95034785 |
ISBN |
0731521331 |
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(North Australian Research Unit) |
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