Producing Biodiversity: A History of Science in Australia's Desert Lands

生物多样性保护被大多数人认为是可取的，但它的历史和文化方面却知之甚少。这不仅仅是对动植物的科学认识，也是一个实践和谈判的问题。人和地方通过保护而改变，这些变化反过来塑造了对自然的想象和管理方式。生产生物多样性记录了澳大利亚沙漠边缘六种截然不同的牧场在生物多样性管理方面的历史和当代倡议。我们提供了不同时代国家和地方保护义务的长期视角，并探讨了它们如何影响牧民、土著和科学界。

Biodiversity conservation is regarded by most people as desirable, but its historical and cultural aspects are poorly understood. It is not just about scientific understanding of animals and plants, but also a matter of practice and negotiation. People and places are changed through conservation and these changes in turn shape the ways nature is imagined and managed. Producing Biodiversity documents historical and contemporary initiatives in biodiversity management on six very different pastoral properties on the margins of the Australian desert. We provide a long-term perspective on national and local conservation imperatives in different eras, and explore how they affect pastoral, Aboriginal and scientific communities.