Australia's Conservation Reserves

National parks, wilderness regions and marine parks are now not only the inspiration of Australian bushwalkers and off-road drivers but tourists from all over the world.

Australia's Conservation Reserves is a guide for senior secondary students covering the wide range of areas which are being protected and carefully monitored by a government or governing body. The author examines the past and looks at how attitudes to conservation and parklands have changed the public and government viewpoints and why Australians have placed land in protected areas high on the national agenda.

The book considers the different types of reserves - national parks, wilderness regions, forest reserves, marine parks and small urban parks, as well as the management issues associated with caring for this land.

It also contains an extensive reference and contact list.