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Landscape Logic: Integrating Science for Landscape Management Ted Lefroy , Allan Curtis , Anthony Jakeman and James McKee (eds), CSIRO Publishing , Collingwood, Australia , 2012 . xiii + 298 pp. ISBN 9780643103542. Price A$49.95 (paperback).

Landscape Logic: Integrating Science for Landscape Management Ted Lefroy , Allan Curtis , Anthony... It is nearly 30 years since the massive dust storms of 1983 rolled over Melbourne bringing urban dwellers’ graphic evidence of rural land degradation and prompting policies to develop the Landcare movement and a range of government programmes for improved natural resource management (NRM). These initiatives resulted in significant benefits, including improved awareness of the environmental impacts of land management practices and increased ‘social capital’ in networks that have facilitated action across the country. However, the objectives for many NRM programs have generally not been well framed, and despite significant government and private investment, there is limited evidence of improvement in landscape condition, undermining capacity to argue for further government investment in such programmes. This book presents the results of a four‐year project that set out to investigate ways to measure the effects of human interventions on the environment using a combination of biophysical and social evidence. The question posed was: ‘Could any change be detected and could it be attributed to public or private interventions?’ The project was a partnership between four universities, conducted in two states (Tasmania and Victoria) and sponsored by the Australian Government. Project partners worked closely with natural resource managers, primarily in regional http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecological Management & Restoration Wiley

Landscape Logic: Integrating Science for Landscape Management Ted Lefroy , Allan Curtis , Anthony Jakeman and James McKee (eds), CSIRO Publishing , Collingwood, Australia , 2012 . xiii + 298 pp. ISBN 9780643103542. Price A$49.95 (paperback).

Ecological Management & Restoration , Volume 14 (2) – May 1, 2013
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© 2013 Ecological Society of Australia
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10.1111/emr.12047
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It is nearly 30 years since the massive dust storms of 1983 rolled over Melbourne bringing urban dwellers’ graphic evidence of rural land degradation and prompting policies to develop the Landcare movement and a range of government programmes for improved natural resource management (NRM). These initiatives resulted in significant benefits, including improved awareness of the environmental impacts of land management practices and increased ‘social capital’ in networks that have facilitated action across the country. However, the objectives for many NRM programs have generally not been well framed, and despite significant government and private investment, there is limited evidence of improvement in landscape condition, undermining capacity to argue for further government investment in such programmes. This book presents the results of a four‐year project that set out to investigate ways to measure the effects of human interventions on the environment using a combination of biophysical and social evidence. The question posed was: ‘Could any change be detected and could it be attributed to public or private interventions?’ The project was a partnership between four universities, conducted in two states (Tasmania and Victoria) and sponsored by the Australian Government. Project partners worked closely with natural resource managers, primarily in regional

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