Applying landscape-ecological principles to regional conservation: The wildcountry project in Australia

Brendan G. MacKey; Michael E. Soulé; Henry A. Nix; Harry F. Recher; Robert G. Lesslie; Jann E. Williams; John C.Z. Woinarski; Richard J. Hobbs; Hugh P. Possingham

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511618581.012

Applying landscape-ecological principles to regional conservation: The wildcountry project in Australia

Brendan G. MacKey
, Michael E. Soulé
, Henry A. Nix
, Harry F. Recher
, Robert G. Lesslie
, Jann E. Williams
, John C.Z. Woinarski
, Richard J. Hobbs
, Hugh P. Possingham

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One of the great challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century is the conservation and restoration of biodiversity (Convention on Biodiversity 1992). In this chapter we present the landscape-ecological underpinnings of a new nongovernment organization (NGO)-driven conservation initiative in Australia, namely the WildCountry Project. Global and national analyses highlight the extent of environmental degradation and the need for urgent protection and restoration of biodiversity (e.g., SEAC 1996, Environment Australia 2001, World Resources Institute 2001, NLWRA 2002). Such analyses also suggest that existing conservation strategies and plans are insufficient to prevent continuing losses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Key Topics in Landscape Ecology
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	192-213
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9780511618581
ISBN (Print)	9780521850940
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618581.012
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2007

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MacKey, B. G., Soulé, M. E., Nix, H. A., Recher, H. F., Lesslie, R. G., Williams, J. E., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Hobbs, R. J., & Possingham, H. P. (2007). Applying landscape-ecological principles to regional conservation: The wildcountry project in Australia. In Key Topics in Landscape Ecology (pp. 192-213). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618581.012

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