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Title: Slower than the eye can see : environmental change in northern Australia's cattle lands, a case study from the Victoria River District, Northern Territory / Darrell Lewis.
Author: Lewis, D. (Darrell) ; Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Savannas Management.
Year: 2002.
Description: vi, 98 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 30 cm.
Subject: Range management. ; Australian Northern Territory. ; Pastures. ; Cattle farming. ; Beef cattle. ; Grasslands. ; Victoria River region (N.T.) ; Drought. ; Environmental management. ; Vertebrate pests. ; Stocking rate. ; Burning. ; Bush fires.
Notes: "November 2002" Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN/ISSN: 095810140X;
Type: Book
Abstract: Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- The historical record -- Compiling an environmental history -- The baseline in the Victoria River Region -- Victoria River District drainage systems -- The open-range system -- Extreme droughts -- Intensification -- Victoria River 'reeds' -- Noxious weeds -- The BTEC program -- Repeat photography -- Traditional Aboriginal burning practices --Pastoralists' burning practices -- Thickening of tree cover - oral history -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Index.
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