National Parks of Queensland: the 100-year Challenge

National Parks of Queensland

A booklet to celebrate the centenary of national parks in Queensland.

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Coastal Councils and Planning for Climate Change

Prepared by the NSW Environmental Defenders Office

"An assessment of Australian and NSW legislation and government policy provisions relating to climate change relevant to regional and metropolitan coastal councils."

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System Innovation for Sustainability 1

Edited by Arnold Tukker et. al.

This comprehensive book explores the concept of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) which has become one of the main vehicles for targeting international sustainability policy. It examines what SCP is and looks at the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches.

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Climate change

This special issue of the Queensland Planner looks at the way planners and related professions are responding to climate change.

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Climate law in Australia

Edited by Tim Bonyhady and Peter Christoff

Climate law in Australia "examines pivotal issues in Australian climate law and policy - the Kyoto protocol and its alternatives, emissions targets, carbon trading, geosequestration, nuclear decision-making, adaptation to climate change and legal liability. It examines key federal and State legislation and the main cases brought before Australian courts."

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Women who changed the world

Progressing through history, this book celebrates the achievements of 50 amazing women and the enduring impact they have had on our lives.

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Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things

By William McDonough

This book is printed on synthetic "paper" made from plastic resins and inorgnaic fillers! This is just one of the amazing things you will learn from this book where the authors "explain how products can be designed from the outset so that, after their useful lives, they will provide nourishment for something new".

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Beyond the policy cycle: the policy process in Australia

Edited by H.K. Colebatch

Examining the complexity and ambiguity of the policy process, this book provides detailed Australian case studies and discusses recent policy initiatives to provide practitioners with a critical look at the reality of the policy-making process.

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