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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780716656234
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Information about some of the more important and interesting endangered animals of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, including the animal's common name, scientific name, and conservation status; also includes a map showing the range of each animal featured; and a glossary, additional resources, and an index"--
Author: World Book
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780716629757
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead about Booroolong frogs, speartooth sharks, Tasmanian devils, and many other endangered species in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Endangered Animals of the World is a richly illustrated 8-volume series that focuses on endangered and extinct animals throughout different regions of the world. Detailed maps provide visual learners with a reference for each animal's range. Each volume includes a list of recommended books, glossary, and index.
Author: Harold Heatwole
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2018-06
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 1486308392
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmphibians are among the most threatened groups of animals on earth. In part due to their highly permeable skin, amphibians are highly sensitive to environmental changes and pollution and provide an early-warning system of deteriorating environmental conditions. The more we learn about the impact of environmental changes on amphibians, the better we as humans will be able to arrest their demise, and our own. Status of Conservation and Decline of Amphibians brings together the current knowledge on the status of the unique frogs of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Although geographically proximate, each region presents unique challenges and opportunities in amphibian research and conservation. This book contributes to an understanding of the current conservation status of the amphibians of each region, aims to stimulate research into halting amphibian declines, and provides a better foundation for making conservation decisions. It is an invaluable reference for environmental and governmental agencies, researchers, policy-makers involved with biodiversity conservation, and the interested public.
Author: Derrick Ovington
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish pioneers in New Zealand jungle at the turn of the 19th century.
Author: Malcolm Porter
Publisher: Cherrytree Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9781842344606
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaps and text provide an introduction to western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Suggested level: primary, intermediate,
Author: Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2010-12-10
Total Pages: 706
ISBN-13: 1429232412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLike no other textbook, Pulsipher and Pulsipher’s World Regional Geography puts a human face on the study of regional geography, showing how larger geographical forces affect the lives of individuals and communities around the globe. It’s a refreshing, people-centered approach to the subject focusing on the stories of real people, global trends and interregional linkages, and contemporary topics that transcend regional borders (the war on terrorism, global political order, interregional trade, the global economy, popular culture, the environment, and the Internet).
Author: Harold Heatwole
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2018-06-01
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 1486308406
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmphibians are among the most threatened groups of animals on earth. In part due to their highly permeable skin, amphibians are highly sensitive to environmental changes and pollution and provide an early-warning system of deteriorating environmental conditions. The more we learn about the impact of environmental changes on amphibians, the better we as humans will be able to arrest their demise, and our own. Status of Conservation and Decline of Amphibians brings together the current knowledge on the status of the unique frogs of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Although geographically proximate, each region presents unique challenges and opportunities in amphibian research and conservation. This book contributes to an understanding of the current conservation status of the amphibians of each region, aims to stimulate research into halting amphibian declines, and provides a better foundation for making conservation decisions. It is an invaluable reference for environmental and governmental agencies, researchers, policy-makers involved with biodiversity conservation, and the interested public.
Author: Stephen Garnett
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2018-03
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1486307426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAustralia’s nature is exceptional, wonderful and important. But much has been lost, and the ongoing existence of many species now hangs by a thread. Against a relentless tide of threats to our biodiversity, many Australians, and government and non-government agencies, have devoted themselves to the challenge of conserving and recovering plant and animal species that now need our help to survive. This dedication has been rewarded with some outstanding and inspiring successes: of extinctions averted, of populations increasing, of communities actively involved in recovery efforts. Recovering Australian Threatened Species showcases successful conservation stories and identifies approaches and implementation methods that have been most effective in recovering threatened species. These diverse accounts – dealing with threatened plants, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals – show that the conservation of threatened species is achievable: that it can be done and should be done. They collectively serve to inform, guide and inspire other conservation efforts. This is a book of hope and inspiration. It shows that with dedication, knowledge and support, we can retain and restore our marvellous natural heritage, and gift to our descendants a world that is as diverse, healthy and beautiful as that which we have inherited.
Author: Luisa Adam
Publisher: Brolly Books
Published: 2021-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780648691884
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy introducing some of Australia's endangered animals to young readers, this book aims to increase awareness of their and other animals' plight, and in turn help create greater respect and care for their habitats and the environment. There is a natural, delicate balance that is disrupted when problems such as habitat destruction, disease, and introduced predators push an increasing number of animals towards extinction. Catastrophic bushfires in Australia have had a devastating impact on wildlife, with University of Sydney ecologists estimating almost half a billion mammals, birds and reptiles lost since September 2019. The estimation includes animals killed in the fires, but also through loss of habitat.
Author: Dr. Fred Ford
Publisher: National Library of Australia
Published: 2014-10-01
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 064227861X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow poignant it is to look at some of Gould's beautiful images of our animals and know that some are no longer with us, and some are fighting for their lives? In this book, author Fred Ford compares Gould’s world, and the world that the animals live in at that time, with the world today. John Gould’s Extinct and Endangered Mammals of Australia includes 46 Australian mammal species that, today, are threatened or extinct and that were portrayed in the lavish colour plates in John Gould’s 1863 publication, The Mammals of Australia. Each animal ‘opener spread’ begins with a Gould plate accompanied by ‘At a Glance’—a very short summary; the conservation status according to the EPBC (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation) list, the species names, a map of its former and current distribution and sites of reintroduction; and a timeline of the species history since European colonisation. Accompanying the pictures are accounts of the animals as they lived in the relatively untouched Australia that John Gould knew, and evidence of the attitudes of European settlers towards the native fauna. The author provides the reader with fascinating, and often poignant, material and stories of what would be considered today as shameful behaviour and attitudes towards Australia’s native fauna. In this book are not only sobering stories of the fate of these animals after Gould’s time, but also success stories of reintroducing species to places, ridding areas of introduced pests, and preserving habitat.
