GREENING AUSTRALIA has launched its long-awaited Bush Book – A manual for managing native vegetation across northern Australia.
Invasive weeds, feral animals, fire, soil erosion and declining water quality pose a serious threat to north Australian environments.
John Woinarski, one of the contributing authors, says “This book is about living in the natural landscapes of northern Australia, one of the world’s largest remaining intact natural systems.
The book hopes to offer something to all who live or work in this landscape, be they rural block-owners, landcare groups, pastoralists, park government land managers, or managers of transport and service corridors”. The Bush Book is a collection of chapters and case studies based on people’s practical bushland management work. Material has been contributed by over seventy authors who live and work in northern Australia and edited by Maria Kraatz from EnviroNorth Environmental Consultants NT, Peter Jacklyn from Tropical Savannas CRC NT, and Mike Clarke from Greening Australia.
Mike Clarke says of the book, “ Most books on vegetation management have been written for southern climes and have focused on managing bushland remnants…here is a manual that can be used by people who have a passion for managing maintaining and improving the condition of our unique north Australian bushland environments.”
The book is available from Greening Australia (www.greeningaustralia.org.au), or from any good book shop
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