Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by Pat Hutchings and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2008-11-07 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is 344 400 square kilometres in size and is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. This comprehensive guide describes the organisms and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Contemporary pressing issues such as climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease and the challenges of coral reef fisheries are also discussed. In addition,the book includes a field guide that will help people to identify the common animals and plants on the reef, then to delve into the book to learn more about the roles the biota play. Beautifully illustrated and with contributions from 33 international experts, The Great Barrier Reef is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a baseline text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Winner of a Whitley Certificate of Commendation for 2009.
Download or read book Protecting the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area written by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area 1998 written by David Wachenfeld and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World heritage marine sites written by Douvere, Fanny and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef Keeping it Great written by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by James Bowen and published by . This book was released on 2004-12-20 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2002 book provides a cultural and ecological history of European impact on the Great Barrier Reef.
Download or read book Great Barrier Reef written by Cynthia Kennedy Henzel and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title takes readers on an incredible journey to the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's most extraordinary, yet endangered, Troubled Treasures. Young travel enthusiasts are sure to appreciate the large, underwater photos of colorful corals, fish, sea turtles, and dugongs. A helpful diagram shows the life cycle of a coral, while a fun quiz helps readers learn to identify different types of coral. Students will also become familiar with UNESCO and why the Great Barrier Reef was named a World Heritage site. Colorful maps show where in the world the Great Barrier Reef is located and give a detailed view of the official World Heritage area. From the reef's formation to the development of tourism to today's conservation efforts, readers will explore the reef's history and its significance to scientific study. They will also gain an understanding of climate change and its effects on the sensitive ecosystem of the reef, such as coral bleaching. Tips for how to be a conscious tourist encourage kids to consider responsible environmental actions on the reef and at home. Informative sidebars and fun facts offer additional opportunities for readers to discover the Great Barrier Reef, while bolded glossary terms, phonetic spellings, and an index make this adventurous volume accessible! Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Download or read book World Heritage Twenty Years Later written by and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And conclusions of the workshop on the World Heritage Convention held during the IV World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas, Caracas, Venezuela, February 1992 / Hemanta Mishra and N. Ishwaran -- From strength to strength : World Heritage in its 20th year / Jim Thorsell -- World Heritage at risk / James R. Paine -- The World Heritage Convention and protected landscapes / Michael Beresford and P.H.C. Lucas -- Wood Buffalo World Heritage Site : threats and possible solutions / Kevin McNamee -- Kluane and Wrangell-St Elias national parks : joint management of North America's largest wilderness / Michael Fay -- Charting a course for a greater Yellowstone tomorrow / Dennis Click -- Colombian-Panamanian border national parks in Darién / Dilver Octavio Pintor Peralta -- Public participation in the management of Huascarán World Heritage Site / Miriam Torres Angeles -- Scientific research in Bialowieza World Heritage Site / Czeslaw Okolow -- Buffer zone management in Sinharaja World Heritage Forest / H.M. Bandaratillake -- Environmental impacts of back-country tourism on three sides of Everest / Alton C. Byers and Kamal Banskota -- Sociocultural impacts of mountain tourism on Nepal's Sagarmatha (Everest) World Heritage Site : implications for sustainable tourism / David W. Robinson -- Manas : World Heritage in danger? / Sanjoy Deb Roy -- The effects of war on World Heritage sites and protected areas in Ethiopia / Tadesse Gebre-Michael, Tesfaye Hundessa and Jesse C. Hillman -- The International Foundation of the Banc d'Arguin / Luc Hoffman and Pierre Campredon -- Ngorongoro : striking a balance between conservation and development / Scott L. Perkin and Paul J. Mshanga -- Monitoring the environmental impacts of tourism on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Site / Simon Woodley -- Tourism development and Te Wahipounamu / Bruce Watson -- Application of the World Heritage Convention to Antarctica and the islands of the Southern Ocean / Paul Dingwall.
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by Ben Daley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. Designated a World Heritage Area, it has been subject to increasing pressures from tourism, fishing, pollution and climate change, and is now protected as a marine park. This book provides an original account of the environmental history of the Great Barrier Reef, based on extensive archival and oral history research. It documents and explains the main human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef since European settlement in the region, focusing particularly on the century from 1860 to 1960 which has not previously been fully documented, yet which was a period of unprecedented exploitation of the ecosystem and its resources. The book describes the main changes in coral reefs, islands and marine wildlife that resulted from those impacts. In more recent decades, human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef have spread, accelerated and intensified, with implications for current management and conservation practices. There is now better scientific understanding of the threats faced by the ecosystem. Yet these modern challenges occur against a background of historical levels of exploitation that is little-known, and that has reduced the ecosystem's resilience. The author provides a compelling narrative of how one of the world's most iconic and vulnerable ecosystems has been exploited and degraded, but also how some early conservation practices emerged.
Download or read book Managing Sea Country Together written by Melissa-Leigh George and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Designed to inform Indigenous, government, and other parties about the issues which would be involved should they proceed to negotiate any form of co-operative management." - page 1.
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by David Russell Lawrence and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 2002 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview of the history and management of the world's largest marine park and first marine-based World Heritage area, the Great Barrier Reef. Traces the park's history from its inception during the environmental activism of the 60s and 70s, through its recognition as a World Heritage site, to the current operations of the Marine Park Authority. Includes discussion of the past and current issues that affect the area such as development, fishing, native title, water quality and the explosion in tourism. Includes colour photos, references and index. Lawrence is an anthropologist who has managed environmental projects with the Marine Park authority. Kenchington, who is a marine scientist, and Woodley, a geographer, were part of the team that established the current GBRMP zoning and management plan.
Download or read book Great Barrier Reef Region Strategic Assessment written by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this report is to outline the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's 25-year management program to protect and manage the Great Barrier Reef, including relevant matters of national environmental significance. This report forms part of the comprehensive strategic assessment of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area being carried out under Part 10 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Download or read book Protection for Profit written by Sally Driml and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Workshop written by David Raymond Wachenfeld and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fauna and Flora of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Barrier Reef written by Ben Daley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. Designated a World Heritage Area, it has been subject to increasing pressures from tourism, fishing, pollution and climate change, and is now protected as a marine park. This book provides an original account of the environmental history of the Great Barrier Reef, based on extensive archival and oral history research. It documents and explains the main human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef since European settlement in the region, focusing particularly on the century from 1860 to 1960 which has not previously been fully documented, yet which was a period of unprecedented exploitation of the ecosystem and its resources. The book describes the main changes in coral reefs, islands and marine wildlife that resulted from those impacts. In more recent decades, human impacts on the Great Barrier Reef have spread, accelerated and intensified, with implications for current management and conservation practices. There is now better scientific understanding of the threats faced by the ecosystem. Yet these modern challenges occur against a background of historical levels of exploitation that is little-known, and that has reduced the ecosystem's resilience. The author provides a compelling narrative of how one of the world's most iconic and vulnerable ecosystems has been exploited and degraded, but also how some early conservation practices emerged.
