Ecological restoration in Australia: Environmental discourses, landscape ideals, and the significance of human agency

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1060-1074

  Trigger, David S ^a   Toussaint, Yann ^b   Mulcock, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cultural values; Ecological restoration; Nativeness; Nature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; LEIPOA OCELLATA;

EID: 77957808866     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920903232902     Document Type: Article

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