Arid Lands of Australia

Slatyer, R.O. & Perry, R.A. [Edited by]

ISBN 10: 0708106935 / ISBN 13: 9780708106938

Published by Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1969

About this Item

Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 321 pages. Proceedings of a Symposium held in the Academy of Science, Canberra 1969. Divided into two sections: Resources; Utilisation. 18 papers in all. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Arid Lands of Australia
• Publisher: Australian National University Press, Canberra
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0708106935
• ISBN 13: 9780708106938
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History

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Synopsis

Three-quarters of the Australian continent is arid or semi-arid. History has shown that man's utilisation of arid lands has, in general, caused progressive deterioration of the natural vegetation, the animal resources, and finally the landscape itself. Already settlement in Australia's arid lands bears all too evident witness to damage and degradation. Each additional use of these lands - for grazing, farming, mining - tends to distort the extremely delicate ecological balance of most of Austrailia. In this volume eighteen experts discuss the, often competing, uses and needs of and for the land, the abuses of it, and some possible solutions. The problem is so vast and widespread that no single state could tackle the problems, let alone tackle them successfully. Before it is too late, the problems of preserving the arid lands for present and future generations challenge the nation and the national government.