Contents

Preface

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Conservation and production

1 Science, ethics and emotion in the politics of biodiversity

2 Finding opportunity in the challenge

3 Reflections on landscape integration: lessons from the pastand principles for the future

4 Consuming the Earth

Personal case studies

5 Balancing the three-legged stool: a case study of forest conversionand conservation

6 Farming from first principles

7 Environmental restoration as a precursor to production gains

8 Regenerative agriculture: the case for dialogue with nature

9 People and their sense of place

Groups, communities and catchments

10 Managing floodplains in northern Australia

11 The value of biodiversity to integrated pest management

12 Using production improvements to interest farmers innature conservation

13 Testing market-based instruments for conservation innorthern Victoria

14 Working with farmers to improve habitat for ground-nesting birds

15 Achieving regional conservation targets through market-basedinstruments in southern Queensland

16 The Australian rice industry’s Environmental Champions program

17 Profitable and biodiverse wool production: the Land, Water& Wool program

Research guiding conservation

18 How research influences management: a case study of barramundiin northern Australia

19 Tailoring forest management to the habitat needs of the giantvelvet worm

20 New approaches to tackling fisheries bycatch in tropicalprawn trawling

21 Measuring the biodiversity values of a small-scale farm forestryenterprise in northern Tasmania

Conclusions

22 The Tamar Principles

23 Closing the adaptive management loop: why practical experienceis necessary but not sufficient and science is essential butnot always right