System innovation for sustainability 1

edited by Arnold Tukker and others.

This book "examines what SCP is and what it could be, provides a state-of-the-art review of the governance of change in SCP policy and looks at the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches...
Each chapters of this book examines problems and suggests solutions from a business, design, consumer and system innovation perspective..." - book jacket.
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Sustainable value

by Chris Laszlo.

"In this outstanding book, Chris Laszlo defines, illustrates, and shows how business can action "Sustainable Value" through a management fable, inside stories from some of the largest corporations in the world, and with frameworks, tools, and methods that will make Sustainable Value creation concrete for business practitioners everywhere." book jacket.

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The state of food and agriculture

Issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

This 2008 edition "explores the implications of the rapid recent growth in production of biofuels based on agricultural commodities. The boom in liquid biofuels has been largely induced by policies in developed countries, based on their expected positive contributions to climate-change mitigation, energy security and agricultural development. The growing demand for agricultural commodities for the production of biofuels is having significant repercussions on agricultural markets, and concerns are mounting over their negative impact on the food security of millions of people across the world..." - back cover

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Making sustainability work

by Marc J. Epstein.

Marc Epstin has produced the ultimate "how-to-do-it" guide for corporate leaders, strategists, academics, sustainability consultants, and anyone else with an interest in actually making sustainability work for organizations. With a growing number of corporate leaders asking for urgent help in "getting this done," the timing of the book could not be better." - book jacket.

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The difference makers

by Sandra Waddock.

"The Difference Makers is a history and detailed analysis of how corporate responsibility has emerged as a key political, social, and business issue, and why it has evolved so quickly, and what the visions of its thought leaders are for the future. It will be essential reading for academics, business people, and all those who are interested in the future of the corporation" - book jacket.

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The Garnaut climate change review

by Ross Garnaut

The Garnaut Climate Change Review examines the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy and the costs of adaptation and mitigation. It analyses the elements of an appropriate international policy response, and the challenges that face Australia in playing it proportionate part in that response.

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Australian code for the transport of dangerous goods by road and rail

"The 7th edition of the Code adopts the structure, format, definitions and concepts of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Model Regulations fourteenth revised edition while retaining Australian specific provisions"--Foreword.
"The Code is supported by a revised legislative framework consisting of a Model Act, and a model set of regulations (or Model Subordinate Law)."--Foreword.

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Biodiversity : integrating conservation and production

Editors: Ted Lefroy, Kay Bailey, Greg Unwin & Tony Norton

"In June 2007, 20 years after the Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke announced the Decade of Landcare, 250 farmers, foresters and fishers from all states met in Launceston as guests of the community Group Tamar Natural Resource Management to reflect on the question Is it possible to be good environmental managers and prosper in our businesses? This book contains 17 of their stories. They include heroic accounts of families who changed their way of farming and their relationship to the land so significantly they found they could stop hand feeding stock during a drought and see the bush coming back. It describes the experience with bush tenders that were over subscribed as farmers competed with each other for stewardship payments to manage their grazing lands for endangered ground-nesting birds as well as beef and wool. And a group of wheat growers who plant patches of grassland for beneficial insects that save them tens of thousands of dollars a year in pesticide bills. Australia’s experiment in community based environmental repair is unique in the world, and there has been no shortage of analysis by bureaucrats, academics and environmentalists. This collection of case studies gives us the view from ground level. As well as tales of environmental hope, there are also messages about the limits of duty of care, the need to share the costs of achieving society’s expectations, and the possibility of learning from unlikely places. "--Provided by publisher.

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Ten commitments

"In Ten Commitments, leading environmental thinkers in Australia have written provocative chapters on environmental issues facing the country. It is organised into three sections: by ecosystem (deserts, rangelands), by sector (fisheries, forestry); and cross-sector and cross-ecosystem themes. Each chapter addresses the question: What are the 10 key things that must be urgently addressed to improve Australia’s environment? Readily accessible using straightforward language, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the environment."--Provided by publisher.

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Economically important sharks & rays of Indonesia

by W.T. White and others.

“This bilingual, full-colour identification guide is the result of a joint collaborative project between Indonesia and Australia and is an essential reference for all shark and ray scientists, fisheries officers, fishers, consumers and enthusiasts.

The first of its kind for Indonesia, this guide contains everything you need to know about recognizing and identifying the sharks, rays and chimaeras that are caught and marketed in Indonesia.” – book jacket.

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A guide to the freshwater wetland birds of Mackay and Whitsunday district

by Maureen Cooper


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Freshwater Stocking in Queensland

by Aimee Moore.

The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of all historic and current knowledge of freshwater fish stocking activities in Queensland. It identifies previous and current management measures, policies governing stocking activities, issues to be addressed and knowledge gaps. This document will be used as a basis for an Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) assessment to determine the impacts of freshwater fish stocking and allow more informed management decisions by DPI&F.


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Economic aspects of adaptation to climate change

edited by Shardul Agrawala and Samuel Fankhauser.

This report provides a critical assessment of adaptation costs and benefits in key climate sensitive sectors, as well as at national and global levels. It also moves the discussion beyond cost estimation to the potential and limits of economic and policy instruments - including insurance and risk sharing, environmental markets and pricing, and public private partnerships - that can be used to motivate adaptation actions.

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