Saving the Reef: The human story behind one of Australia's greatest environmental treasures

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Rohan Lloyd

Saving the Reef

The human story behind one of Australia's greatest environmental treasures

Rohan Lloyd

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Queensland Univ. Press
05 October 2022

Mathematics & Sciences; Coral reefs; Management of land & natural resources

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An original and potent social history of the Great Barrier Reef

While in the past Australians wrestled with what the Reef is, today they are struggling to reconcile what it will be... To do this, we need to understand the Reef's intertwining human story.

The Great Barrier Reef has come to dominate Australian imaginations and global environmental politics. In Saving the Reef, environmental historian Rohan Lloyd charts the social history of Australia's most prized yet vulnerable environment, from the relationship between First Nations peoples and colonial settlers, to the Reef's most portentous moment - the Save the Reef campaign launched in the 1960s.

Through this gripping historical narrative and interwoven contemporary essays, Lloyd reveals how the scale of damage caused to the Reef has forced twenty-first century Australia to reconsider what 'saving' the Reef really means.

By: Rohan Lloyd
Imprint: Queensland Univ. Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 374g
ISBN: 9780702265754
ISBN 10: 0702265756
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 October 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active