Environmental crisis : climate change and terrestrial biodiversity in Queensland
ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University)Published 1 January 2004
Andrew K. Krockenberger, R. L. Kitching, S M Turton
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A forum to inform Queensland policy makers about forest canopy research and its implications for government environmental policies was held, because recent research findings had identified climate change as one of the most critical issues facing rainforests in the future.
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A special report which arose through the provision of a grant from the Queensland Premier's Department to assist the Rainforest CRC in participating in the Global Canopy Programme. A condition of the grant was to hold a forum to inform Queensland policy makers about forest canopy research and its implications for government environmental policies. Because recent research findings had identified climate change as one of the most critical issues facing our rainforests in the future, the forum focused on this issue.
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