Defence white paper shows Australian forces must safeguard nature too
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
Australian defence ranges, such as Shoalwater Bay, cover some 3 million hectares of the country.DVIDSHUB/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons, CC BYThe relationship of military forces to the natural environment is typically depicted as one of destruction, rather than protection. The federal government’s new defence white paper, however, shows signs that...





