Download or read book Ravaged Beauty written by Catherine Knight and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Only a century and a half ago, the Manawatu was a heavily forested hinterland: the floodplains were a sea of swamps and lagoons, teeming with birdlife, eels and other fish; the hills and terraces were covered with thick impenetrable forest, refuge perhaps to a few lingering moa. But within a few decades, the forest had been reduced to ashes, and the swamps and lagoons were being drained away. Progress marched across the landscape in the form of farms and settlements. However, it wasn't long before nature "exacted its revenge": erosion scarred the hillsides, floods ravaged farms and towns. Pollution of the rivers saw fish dying en masse. How would the people of the region meet these environmental challenges, and what lessons would there be for the future? By "peeling away the layers", this book tells the intriguing story of the Manawatu's environmental history, drawn from a rich array of sources, maps and historical images"--Back cover.
Download or read book New Zealand s Rivers written by Catherine Knight and published by CANTERBURY University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Rivers : what are they and why do we care about their history?2. Maori and awa3. The colonial appraisal of rivers4. Rivers as drains5. Stocking rivers 'destitute of fish : the role of acclimatisation societies6. 'White coal' : generating power from rivers7. Madmen in cockle-shells : recreational canoeing and boating8. Constraining rivers : flood control9. Protecting and embracing rivers10. Powering the pastoral machine : the impact of farming on rivers11. Asserting mana over rivers.
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