The Nature of Northern Australia
Natural values, ecological processes and future prospects
by John Woinarski, Brendan Mackey, Henry Nix and Barry Traill
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Kerry Trapnell | Starcke Falls, Cape York Peninsula. | High res Low res |
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Kerry Trapnell | Waterbirds, Aurukun Wetlands, West Coast Cape York Peninsula. | High res Low res |
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Kerry Trapnell | Alligator River Floodplains, Kakadu National Park, Top End. | High res Low res |
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Glenn Walker | Above Gunlom Falls, Kakadu National Park, Top End. Adjacent Aboriginal Lands receive much less management resources. | High res Low res |
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Kerry Trapnell | Termite mounds, open savanna country, Cape York Peninsula. | High res Low res |
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Kerry Trapnell | A typical savanna fire, Cape York Peninsula. | High res Low res |
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Larissa Cordner | Recreational fisherman with barramundi, Gulf Country. | High res Low res |
Northern Australia stands out as one of the largest natural areas remaining on Earth – alongside such global treasures as the Amazon rainforests, the boreal conifer forests of Alaska and Canada, and the polar wilderness of Antarctica. Nature remains in abundance in ‘the North’.
Its intact tropical savannas, rainforests, and free flowing rivers provide a basis for much of the economic activity and the quality of life for residents of the area.
The Nature of Northern Australia details the latest science on the Northern environment.
With increasing debate over the future of Australia’s often forgotten North, this is a timely examination of its environmental significance, the ecological processes that make it function, and the economies that are compatible with maintaining healthy communities and people and healthy country into the future.
The authors, Dr John Woinarski, Professor Brendan Mackey, Professor Henry Nix and Dr Barry Traill, are leading experts on the environment of Northern Australia, and combined have many decades of experience on Northern ecology and land management.
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