Annotated Bibliography

Harle, J, Britton, K, Hejinis, H, Zawadzki A, Jenkinson, A  2002. Mud, mines and rainforest: a short history of human impact in western Tasmania, using pollen, trace metals and lead-210 . Australian Journal of Botany, [Online]. Volume 50/ Part 4, 481-482. Available at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=BT01028.pdf [Accessed 27 August 2015]

The article discusses deforestation and its effects on Tasmania's climate and provides evidence that  discussed how 'the human impact on the landscape has not been well documented or understood'. They explain why few people are educated about deforestation which explains why mistakes in environmental conservation are occurring. This reference provides many details about deforestation and Tasmania and can be used as evidence for a logical point. 

Macintosh , A, 2012. Climatic Change. The Australia clause and REDD: a cautionary tale, [Online]. Volume 112 / Part 2, 171-175. Available at:http://download.springer.com.ezlibproxy.unisa.edu.au/static/pdf/198/art%253A10.1007%252Fs10584-011-0210-x.pdf?originUrl=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs10584-011-0210-x&token2=exp=1440757647~acl=%2Fstatic%2Fpdf%2F198%2Fart%25253A10.1007%25252Fs10584-011-0210-x.pdf%3ForiginUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flink.springer.com%252Farticle%252F10.1007%252Fs10584-011-0210-x*~hmac=4444b11b7d4fac3c721744eec378b56b9b1ac5fab0213f2867c249b9d1f664cb[Accessed 27 August 2015].

The author discusses the legal acts on deforestation in Australia. They explain that the laws contradict public opinion. The source appeared to be without bias because it stated all the facts, and gave details on the situation without any apparent appeal to emotions. There was also historical background from the 1990's about the deforestation. The author provides much evidence in this article which conveys a strong argument. Therefore, this article is useful for my research due to the reliability of the source as well as background knowledge of the laws in Australia.

Milne, A, Mitchell, AL, Williams, M, Tapley, I, Kuntz, S 2012. SENSOR CAPABILITIES FOR DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION.Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International, [Online]. 12, 3154-3157. Available at: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezlibproxy.unisa.edu.au/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6350756 [Accessed 26 August 2015].

This article monitors Tasmania's environment and explains the changes that appear (data was breached from 2007 to 2008). The article explored the effects of deforestation when it comes to soil degradation, whether the deforestation was due to clear-felling or selective harvest. The article also includes details about Tasmania's deforestation which will be extremely useful towards the study. The authors provide a lengthy discussion on the research.

Paul, M, Catterall C, Pollard, P, Kanowski, J, 2010. Recovery of soil properties and functions in different rainforest restoration pathways.Forest Ecology and Management, [Online]. Volume 259/ Issue 10, 2084-2086. Available at: http://ac.els-cdn.com.ezlibproxy.unisa.edu.au/S037811271000109X/1-s2.0-S037811271000109X-main.pdf?_tid=b47870fa-4d6f-11e5-b65b-00000aacb35f&acdnat=1440757967_04b7e54ddc5c828cbb6efcdec3f7cc1e [Accessed 27 August 2015].

This article explains the process of deforestation and how to restore the damage. The author gives a number of facts on deforestation such as how much forests are harvested every year '13 million hectares per year' (all around the world).The author's research gave details on recovering soil properties in the rainforests and reforestation that would help solve the problem. Furthermore, this research will be useful towards my topic because it details on how reforestation will assist in a number of environmental concerns beyond biodiversity.

Rasolofoson, R, Ferraro, P, Jenkins, C, Jones, J  2015. Effectiveness of Community Forest Management at reducing deforestation in Madagascar. Biological Conservation, [Online]. Volume 184, 271-272. Available at: http://ac.els-cdn.com.ezlibproxy.unisa.edu.au/S0006320715000488/1-s2.0-S0006320715000488-main.pdf?_tid=3bbf45c4-4c59-11e5-a5d8-00000aacb35d&acdnat=1440638364_a998de61b04e9e3e421ff43d41657a7e [Accessed 26 August 2015].

In this article, multiple authors review the effects of deforestation in Madagascar. This study investigates the effectiveness of CFM (Community forest management) in conserving the environment. After analysing the results they found evidence that there was no real effect towards dis-centralizing the community in Madagascar from the forest. When they compared communities with CFM and communities without CFM, they found there was very little difference between the samples suggesting a limited impact on efforts to conserve the forest. The authors provide a strong argument, considering all the evidence that had been used for this study. This article is useful for my research topic because in included background knowledge of past investigations in the study as well as different methods that assist with conserving the environment.