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306907 (v.1) WASM Management of Arid Environments 432



 

Area:

WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area

Contact Hours:

5.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Aboriginal culture, history, identity, social issues and Native Title. Interaction between Aboriginal communities and the mining industry. Arid land use - policy and legislative environment, land use and landscape degradation. Landscape function in arid environments. Principles of sustainable land use - hydrology and soil erosion processes, ecosystem monitoring and reconstruction. Plant recruitment and growth - propagation, germination and establishment. Flora and fauna protection, eradication of feral species. Site visits.


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