Protecting The Great Artesian Basin - A South Australian Perspective On The Merits Of A Cooperative Approach
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Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2004
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The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is one of the world's largest artesian water reservoirs, and perhapsarid Australia's most important water resource. GAB springs and soaks provide crucial habitat forrangelands animals, particularly in times of drought, when other water sources are not available.The discovery of the Basin in the 1880s opened the rangelands of Australia to pastoral and miningdevelopment and more recently, to the cultivation of the tourism industry based on the natural beautyof the GAB oases. ...
Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Paper
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Anderson, L., van Klinken, R. D., and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: 'A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15th Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference'. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Anderson, L., van Klinken, R. D., and Shepherd, D. (2008). Aerially surveying Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in the Pilbara. In: 'A Climate of Change in the Rangelands. Proceedings of the 15th Australian Rangeland Society Biennial Conference'. (Ed. D. Orr) 4 pages. (Australian Rangeland Society: Australia).
Conference Name
13th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs
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Keywords
Water reservoirs
mining
pastoralism
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