Forests of Ash : An Environmental History
Editorial Reviews
Review
'Griffiths' research work has clear and practical applications ... Griffiths brings special insights into understanding forests.' The Age
'Forests of Ash is informative and engaging. Readers will be taken by the fiery content and thought-provoking prose.' Bary Dowling, The Sunday Age
'Griffiths writes with a good novelist's craftsmanship and sensitivity.' Canberra Times
Book Description
This beautifully-written book tells the story of Australia's giant eucalypt, the Mountain Ash, which grows in the region north and east of Melbourne. Visited seasonally by indigenous people and later a site of mining and sawmilling for settlers, as well as contested ground for conservationists, the life cycles and fire cycles of the forests span millennia. Tom Griffiths tells the environmental, ecological and social history of a unique Australian forest, and in doing so, tells the story of the continent as a whole.
Forests of Ash: An Environmental History,Tom Griffiths,Cambridge University Press,0521812860,Agriculture - Forestry,Australia,Earth Sciences - Geography,Ecology,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Eucalyptus regnans,Forest Ecology,Forest Fires,Forests & Forestry,History,Nature,Science/Mathematics,Victoria,Eucalyptus regnans--Australia--Victoria--History,Forests, rainforests,Management of land & natural resources,Science / Geography
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