Lake Eyre Basin Rivers
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0078-5 (ISBN)
Water is scarce in the Lake Eyre Basin in the heart of Australia. The region goes through natural cycles ofboom and bust, and the flooding of the basin rivers is accompanied by spectacular responses from wildlifeand vegetation. However, the Lake Eyre Basin faces the threat of large-scale diversion of water from therivers and wetlands for use in irrigation and mining. Around the world, such water resource developmentshave caused widespread degradation of rivers and loss of habitats.
Lake Eyre Basin Rivers outlines the environmental, social and economic values of the rivers from a diverserange of perspectives, including science, tourism, economy, engineering, policy, Traditional Owners andpastoralists. It describes the current state of the environment, the past and ongoing threats to the riversystems, drawing on stories from the Murray-Darling Basin, and provides direction for ensuring that therivers remain free-flowing to service the environment and future generations.
This book is a valuable reference for environment and government agencies, industries and policy-makersconcerned with the region and will be of interest to the communities of the Lake Eyre Basin.
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Examines the use and conservation of the Lake Eyre Basin rivers from a range of stakeholder perspectives
Explores all dimensions of sustainability and provides a thorough analysis of the long-term threats to the rivers
Outlines solutions for the future sustainability of the Lake Eyre Basin rivers, including the policy and legislative background
Richard Kingsford is Professor of Environmental Science and the Director of the Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Australia. He has a background in freshwater science and conservation biology. He has a great passion for the people and environments of the Lake Eyre Basin, from his involvement in the region stretching back to the mid-1980s. He has served on many government committees concerned with the Lake Eyre Basin, including the Cooper Creek Catchment Committee, the Community Advisory Committee, the Lake Eyre Basin Scientific Advisory Panel and the Western Rivers Advisory Panel. He loves the rivers, their ecosystems, including the plants, animals and ‘invisible’ organisms that make the place hum and, of course, the people of the Lake Eyre Basin.
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributing authors
Section 1: Natural history and ecology of the Lake Eyre Basin
1: The Lake Eyre Basin – one of the world’s great desert river systems
2: Water – where, when, how much? Challenges in understanding and managing flow in rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin
3: Fish distribution, status and threats in the rivers and springs of the Queensland Lake Eyre Basin
4: Natural flows drive the ‘boom and bust’ ecology of fish in Cooper Creek, an arid-zone floodplain river
5: Turtles of Cooper Creek – life in the slow lane
6: Developing the desert: potential effects on wildlife
Section 2: Cultural and socio-economic dimensions of the rivers
7: Connecting the champions of the Lake Eyre Basin Rivers
8: Looking after the rivers – a view from nearly 50 000 years of experience
9: Caring for our sacred waterways: learning from our past
10: River sustainability – essential for the livelihoods of landholders
11: Clean green beef – the importance of free-flowing rivers in the Lake Eyre Basin
12: A life living between a river and a creek
13: Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, not just a wildlife paradise but an economic lifeline
14: When our rivers ran dry – 30 years of water resource development in the Murray-Darling Basin
15: A river and a livelihood – all but lost in a decade
16: Making a living from the Macquarie Marshes – coping with decisions upstream
17: 'Once more into the breach, dear friends…' – the ongoing battle for the Cooper
18: Wetland health in the Lake Eyre Basin – an economic perspective
19: Mining and the Lake Eyre Basin environment: past, present and possible futures
Section 3: Looking after the rivers
20: Sustainable management of the Lake Eyre Basin Rivers – regulate, educate or open the gate?
21: Water governance in Queensland: implications for wild rivers declarations in the Lake Eyre Basin
22: Sustainability for the rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.12.2017 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Melbourne |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 245 mm |
| Gewicht | 682 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Technik ► Bergbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4863-0078-2 / 1486300782 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4863-0078-5 / 9781486300785 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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