Ten Commitments Revisited [OP]: Securing Australia’s Future Environment

by David B. Lindenmayer, Stephen Dovers (Editor), Steve Morton (Editor)

What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia’s environment?

In this follow up to the highly successful book Ten Reshaping the Lucky Country’s Environment , Australia’s leading environmental thinkers have written provocative chapters on what must be done to tackle Australia’s environmental problems – in terms of policies, on-ground actions and research.

Chapters are grouped into ecosystems, sectors and cross-cutting themes. Topics deserts, rangelands, temperate eucalypt woodlands, tropical savanna landscapes, urban settlements, forestry management, tropical and temperate marine ecosystems, tropical rainforests, alpine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, coasts, islands, soils, fisheries, agriculture, mining, grazing, tourism, industry and manufacturing, protected areas, Indigenous land and sea management, climate change, water, biodiversity, population, human health, fire, energy and more.

Ten Commitments Revisited is a must read for politicians, policy makers, decision makers, practitioners and others with an interest in Australia’s environment.

360 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2014

About the author

David Lindenmayer is a Professor at The Australian National University. He has worked on the conservation of forests and their wildlife for more than 35 years. He has published 45 books and over 1100 scientific papers, and has broad interests in conservation biology, landscape ecology, vertebrate ecology, forest ecology and woodland conservation. He has received numerous awards and is a member of the Australian Academy of Science and an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow.