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ACT Chief Minister Mr Jon Stanhope and Professor David Lindenmayer at the launch of Woodlands: A disappearing landscape.
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Scientists hope a new book on Australia’s remaining woodlands will foster greater community interest and prevent the annihilation of this once-abundant habitat.
The ACT Chief Minister Mr Jon Stanhope launched Woodlands: A disappearing landscape (2005) at the Mount Ainslie Reserve this month.
The authors Professor David Lindemayer, Associate Professor Ross Cunningham, and Masters students Mr Mason Crane and Mr Damien Michael, are based at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies.
“Forests are such stunning places - our team has worked in forests for over 22 years. What we wanted to do was to plant woodlands within the Australian psyche as well, and get people to appreciate that woodlands are stunningly beautiful places,” Professor Lindemayer said.
“Often the way people look at things is through art, and the way that Esther Beaton has photographed things in this book is really beautiful. We’re planning to run a rolling set of exhibitions of these images, which will be an exciting opportunity to take the message about woodlands further out into the country around the ACT, as well as in Canberra.
“Woodlands are really important parts of Australia. They have very high levels of biodiversity. If we’re careful about how we manage them, if we’re serious about the way we do revegetation and other things, we can make a huge difference to Australia’s natural heritage.”
Mr Stanhope said the book would make it easier to get more people involved in efforts to preserve natural resources in the ACT.
“It’s vitally important to bring the community along with us. This book is the strongest way of alerting the community to the wonderful resource of woodlands,” he said.
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