The Great Barrier Reef: An Environmental History

ISBN-13: 9781138095700 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 254 str.

Ben Daley

Opis

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system. Designated a World Heritage Area, it has been subject to increasing pressures from tourism, fishing, pollution and climate change, and is now protected as a marine park. This book provides an original account of the environmental history of the Great Barrier Reef, based on extensive archival and oral history research. 

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Reconstructing Changes in the Great Barrier Reef  3. The Natural Context of Changes in the Great Barrier Reef  4. The Historical Context of Changes in the Great Barrier Reef  5. The bêche-de-mer, Pearl-shell and Trochus Fisheries  6. Impacts on Marine Turtles  7. Impacts on Dugongs  8. Impacts on Whales, Sharks and Fish  9. The Impacts of Coral and Shell Collecting  10. The Impacts of Guano and Rock Phosphate Mining  11. The Impacts of Coral Mining  12. Other Impacts on Coral Reefs  13. Changes in Island Biota  14. Conclusion

O autorze

Ben Daley is Lecturer in Environmental Management in the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. He was previously a researcher at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Australia.