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The Pure State of Nature - Sacred cows, destructive myths and the environment (Hardcover)
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The Pure State of Nature - Sacred cows, destructive myths and the environment (Hardcover)
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'Aborigines did not cause the extinction of the megafauna . . . and
it is unlikely that they have caused the extinction of any element
of the fauna and flora.' 'If you want to practise control burning
in order to protect houses or farms, then do it in the same way as
you would use a bulldozer to clear a firebreak, but don't pretend
that you are doing anything but damage to the environment.' 'If you
commercialise an environmental resource you do so to make money.
Don't pretend that it also benefits the environment.' Spanning
fifty thousand years and an entire continent, The Pure State of
Nature presents a passionate account of the Australian environment.
The myths that abound in popular and scientific writing, the
'theories' and fancies about the place of humans in the ecology of
this vast landmass, are subjected to scrutiny. In particular, the
author demolishes the widely accepted orthodoxy about the use of
fire by Aborigines and their supposed part in the extinction of the
Australian megafauna. From the ruins of those myths The Pure State
of Nature offers lessons for the new millennium. In turns
provocative, humorous, impassioned and gentle, this is a bold book
of ideas about the past and present, a book about how we can shape
the future. To The Pure State of Nature Dr David Horton brings many
years' experience as scientist, farmer and archaeologist. Among his
publications are Recovering the Tracks and The Encyclopaedia of
Aboriginal Australia. He now writes and consults from his stud
sheep farm in New South Wales.
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