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Linking Australia's landscapes, lessons and opportunities from large-scale conservation networks, editors: James Fitzsimons, Ian Pulsford, Geoff Wescott

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Linking Australia's landscapes

824362901

editors: James Fitzsimons, Ian Pulsford, Geoff Wescott

lessons and opportunities from large-scale conservation networks

A critical examination of networks of land managed for conservation across Australia

Section 1. Scene setting -- 1 Linking Australia's landscapes: an introduction -- 2 Connectivity conservation initiatives: a national and international perspective -- Section 2. Case studies -- 3 Gondwana Link: 1000 kilometres of hope -- 4 Fitzgerald Biosphere Reserve: a framework for achieving ecological and community sustainability ... or is it? -- 5 Territory Eco-link: 21st century conservation -- 6 Ten years of NatureLinks in South Australia -- 7 From Danggali to Riverland: experiences from the Bookmark Biosphere Reserve, South Australia -- 8 Habitat 141 degrees: linking outback to ocean -- 9 Midlandscapes: matching actions to opportunities in landscape conservation in the Tasmanian Midlands -- 10 Wedderburn Conservation Management Network: Kooyoora connections -- 11 Conservation Management Networks: The Gippsland Plains Story -- 12 Conservation Management Networks for grassy ecosystems in New South Wales -- 13 The Great Eastern Ranges Initiative: a continental-scale lifeline connecting people and nature -- 14 Slopes to Summit: focusing on bite-size landscapes that matter -- 15 The Border Ranges Alliance: a Great Eastern Ranges regional partnership -- 16 The Bunya Biolink: an application of Greening Australia's strategic approach to large-scale conservation -- Section 3. Policies and frameworks -- 17 Scaling up: the policy case for connectivity conservation and the development of Australia's National Wildlife Corridors Plan -- 18 Beyond the Boundaries: Bush Heritage Australia's approach to multi-tenure conservation 19 Landcare: linking Australia's landscapes by linking its land managers -- 20 Biolinks in south-eastern Australia - changing land use for a changing climate: Victorian policy responses -- 21 'Networking the networks': coordinating Conservation Management Networks in Victoria -- 22 Reconnecting Natural Northland: New Zealand's Large Landscape Initiative -- Section 4. Broad themes -- 23 Connectivity conservation principles for Australia's National Wildlife Corridors -- 24 Social aspects: linking the people and their landscapes -- 25 Socio-economic issues in establishing and successful operation of landscape-scale connectivity conservation initiatives -- 26 Collaboration across scales: the governance challenges of linking landscapes -- 27 The importance of interdisciplinary research in conservation networks: lessons from south-eastern Australia -- Section 5. Synthesis -- 28 Challenges and opportunities for linking Australia's landscapes: a synthesis

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