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How short do you cut the string? Biogeography, development and conservation in northern Australia

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posted on 2023-05-21, 23:21 authored by David BowmanDavid Bowman
At an accelerating rate our civilization is causing dramatic changes to landscapes throughout the world. Unmodified landscapes are a primary, and increasingly valued, resource for the study of biogeography. However, natural areas are valued for a range of conflicting reasons, ranging from the intangible spiritual and aesthetic experience of nature to the more prosaic reality of money and political power. Like it or not, biogeographers are going to be increasingly involved in these conflicts. What role should biogeography play in this drama? In an attempt to answer this question, I shall discuss one case study: the relationship of biogeography with resource conflicts in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Publication title

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

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2-4

ISSN

1466-822X

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Place of publication

UK

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