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Réglementations
septembre, 2007
Australie
This Regulation replaces the Community Land Development Regulation 2000 which is repealed on 1 September 2007 by section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
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Articles et Livresdécembre, 2007Chine, États-Unis d'Amérique, Inde, Espagne, Australie -
Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2007Australie
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Articles et Livresdécembre, 2007AustralieOffsets (also known as mitigation banks, compensatory habitat, set-asides) is a policy instrument recently introduced in several States in Australia to permit some land clearing while striving for no net loss in the extent and condition of native vegetation overall. Offsetting is criticized with respect to the amount of gain required to compensate for losses from clearing, the equivalence of losses and gains, the time lag between losses and gains and a poor record of compliance.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2007Australie
We use satellite imagery to compare and contrast fire patterns across a repeating mosaic of vegetation types occurring within the tropical savanna of the Northern Territory, Australia. Our study area included different land management settings that encapsulate three contrasting styles of management that have developed following European settlement in northern Australia: Decentralized fire management carried out by small Aboriginal communities widely dispersed across a large landscape.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2007Australie
The majority of landscapes around the world have been modified or transformed by human activities to meet the needs of human societies. The loss of native vegetation for agricultural development affects the sustainability of growing proportion of the world's ecosystems. Factors such as land tenure, roads and agricultural intensification, together with biophysical properties, have been cited as drivers of deforestation.
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Library ResourceDocuments et rapports de conférencedécembre, 2007Australie
Dry land salinisation is a significant cause of land and water degradation in Australia.Changing land use from annual to perennial crops has been widely proposed as ameans to reduce land degradation and increase the productivity of saline land.However, in many areas annual crops are financially more attractive than perennialcrops. Increases in perennial crops might also reduce local stream flows with adverseeffects on in-stream values. As such salinity control is likely to involve significanttradeoffs between public and private costs and benefits.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2007Indonésie, Australie, États-Unis d'Amérique, Allemagne, Europe
Fires have attracted interest and generated alarm since the early 1980s. This concern has been particularly evident in tropical forests of Southeast Asia and the Amazon, but disastrous fires in recent summers in Australia, Europe, and the United States have drawn worldwide attention.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2007Australie
The spread of industrial civilizations has been particularly traumatic for the last remaining hunter-gatherer societies. Manifestations of this include expatriation from ancestral lands, sickness, poverty, and environmental degradation. Northern Australia has been no exception despite remaining a stronghold of Aboriginal cultures and still containing vast areas of relatively intact landscapes. Most Aboriginal people reside in remote settlements where they remain on the negative extreme of basic indicators such as life expectancy and educational attainment.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 2007Australie
A variety of tools can be employed in support of environmental policy objectives, but achieving preferred outcomes also requires the cooperation of private landholders and others with vested interests in the land. The Land Stewardship project in the state of Victoria, Australia, is an initiative devoted to exploring the ways in which private landholders could be encouraged towards more sustainable land management.
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