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Author: James Fitzsimons ,
Ian Pulsford ,
Geoff Wescott
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Imprint: CSIRO Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 24.50cm
Weight: 0.796kg
ISBN: 9780643107045
ISBN 10: 0643107045
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""This is a really good book... If building landscape connectivity was the same as pushing a wagon uphill, then this is the log behind the wheels to stop it rolling backwards."" Bob Speirs, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management ""this informative and well written text will be of interest to anyone interested or involved with planning or research into landscape-scale ecology and conservation."" Sarah L. Taylor, BES Bulletin, Mar 2015 ""a timely contribution to the international field of ecological restoration"" Jasmin Packer, Ecological Restoration and Restoration, September 2014, vol. 15, no. 3
Author Information
James Fitzsimons is the Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Australia and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Deakin University. Through his role at TNC, James is involved in large, landscape-scale networks at a number of levels, including as a key partner of the Gondwana Link initiative, involvement on stakeholder reference groups for the Northern Territory Eco-link and Victorian Conservation Management Networks, and regularly provides expert advice to governments on the issue. He has published widely in the fields of conservation planning and policy.Ian Pulsford is recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in the establishment and management of protected areas. He led the establishment of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative, Australia’s first continental-scale conservation corridor network that spans both public and private lands. He has experience in the application of conservation mechanisms and activities both on the ground with landholders and the community, and at the strategic and policy levels within government.Geoff Wescott, currently Associate Professor in Environment at Deakin University, has previously been Deputy Chair of the Board of Parks Victoria, Convenor of the Victorian National Parks Advisory Council, a member of the Victorian Coastal Council and the National Oceans Advisory Group, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of Victoria and is a Fellow of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand. He has published over 180 publications, including four books, numerous chapters in technical volumes and journal articles.
