Author: Michael E. Moser
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: Emily O'Gorman
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295749040
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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In the name of agriculture, urban growth, and disease control, humans have drained, filled, or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world’s wetlands over the past three centuries. Unintended consequences include biodiversity loss, poor water quality, and the erosion of cultural sites, and only in the past few decades have wetlands been widely recognized as worth preserving. Emily O’Gorman asks, What has counted as a wetland, for whom, and with what consequences? Using the Murray-Darling Basin—a massive river system in eastern Australia that includes over 30,000 wetland areas—as a case study and drawing on archival research and original interviews, O’Gorman examines how people and animals have shaped wetlands from the late nineteenth century to today. She illuminates deeper dynamics by relating how Aboriginal peoples acted then and now as custodians of the landscape, despite the policies of the Australian government; how the movements of water birds affected farmers; and how mosquitoes have defied efforts to fully understand, let alone control, them. Situating the region’s history within global environmental humanities conversations, O’Gorman argues that we need to understand wetlands as socioecological landscapes in order to create new kinds of relationships with and futures for these places.

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Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 762

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Author: Geoffrey Vernon Townsend Matthews
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Author: John Pernetta
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831701776
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Author: C. Max Finlayson
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789400740006
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Wetland Book is a comprehensive resource aimed at supporting the trans- and multidisciplinary research and practice which is inherent to this field. Aware both that wetlands research is on the rise and that researchers and students are often working or learning across several disciplines, The Wetland Book is a readily accessible online and print reference which will be the first port of call on key concepts in wetlands science and management. This easy-to-follow reference will allow multidisciplinary teams and transdisciplinary individuals to look up terms, access further details, read overviews on key issues and navigate to key articles selected by experts.

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Category : Wetland biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 1144

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Author: World Wide Fund for Nature
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1204

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Author: Tim J. Davis
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Author: John Pernetta
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831701740
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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