The Political Ecology of Soil and Species Conservation in a 'Big Australia'

摘要: Is the'Big Australia' vision of a populous, prosperous Australia nation in 2050 compatible with the maintenance productive soils and/or native species? This paper considers implications current tendencies soil and species conservation suggests some ways to avoid more negative them. Current land use is mining on slopes. It seems likely that deposits rock phosphaate will be close depletion by 2050, making fertilisers are essential for industrial agriculture very expensive. Petroleum, which converted into most food traded globally, also near The prospective substitution coal oil promises interesting changes global earth-atmosphere system. Nevertheless, under an optimistic business as usual scenario, probably could feed 36 million people but not necessarily much longer. Thus, 'Big way station road human population crash. Australian has been hindered frequent all funding, bureaucratic structure scientific dogma. political social processes support growth economy encourage such short term thinking. A transition long thinking necessary if systems humans other maintained.