ENVIRONMENTAL
AND GLOBAL ISSUES LINKS
Ocean
Conservation (Vol
195)
Management
of Australia's marine jurisdictions; marine species conservation; fisheries;
introduced species; Great Barrier Reef; coral bleaching; ocean pollution.
Australian Conservation Foundation:
www.acfonline.org.au
Australian Institute of Marine Science: www.aims.gov.au
Australian Marine Conservation Society: www.amcs.org.au
Australian Maritime Safety Authority: www.amsa.gov.au
CRC Reef Research Centre: www.reef.crc.org.au
CSIRO Australia, Division of Marine Research: www.cmar.csiro.au
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Australia: www.daff.gov.au
Environment Australia: www.ea.gov.au
Waste
and Recycling (Vol
208)
Waste
management in Australia: recycling and waste minimisation -– reduce,
reuse and recycle.
Drought
in Australia (Vol
220)
Causes,
impacts and history of drought in Australia; extent of current drought;
drought assistance measures.
The
Population Debate (Vol
224)
Australia's
fertility decline; population ageing; population policy & immigration
debate – environmental sustainability, economic & social
considerations.
Australian Bureau of Statistics: www.abs.gov.au
Australian Conservation Foundation: www.acfonline.org.au
Australian Institute of Family Studies: www.aifs.org.au
Australian Population Institute Inc: www.apop.com.au
Business Council of Australia: www.bca.com.au
CSIRO: www.csiro.au
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs:
www.immi.gov.au
Sustainable Population Australia: www.population.org.au
Renewable
Energy (Vol
229)
Australia's
energy reliance on fossil fuels; extent of renewable energy use & production;
government energy policy; explains sources of renewable energy – solar,
wind, tidal, wave, biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal; future of Australia's
energy supply.
Department of the Environment and Heritage: www.deh.gov.au
Natural Disasters (Vol
240)
History & impacts of natural disasters in Australia & worldwide,
including bushfires, floods, heatwaves, severe storms, drought, cyclones,
earthquakes, tsunamis; trends in natural hazards & extreme
weather events; humanitarian responses to disasters.
Australian Council for International Development: www.acfid.asn.au
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: www.dfat.gov.au
Department of Transport and Regional Services: www.dotars.gov.au
EM-DAT the International Disaster Database: www.em-dat.net
Emergency Management Australia: www.ema.gov.au
International Federation of Red Cross Societies: www.ifrc.org
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (United Nations):
www.unisdr.org
World Health Organisation: www.who.int
Nuclear
Power (Vol 246)
Uranium
mining and export; global nuclear energy use; environmental
sustainability; storage; nuclear waste; nuclear weapons.
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation: www.ansto.gov.au
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency: www.arpansa.gov.au
Medical Association for the Prevention of War: www.mapw.org.au
Greenhouse
Pollution (Vol 249)
Greenhouse
emissions; pollution; global climate change; Kyoto protocol.
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics:
www.abare.gov.au
Bureau of Meteorology Australia: www.bom.gov.au
Climate Action Network Australia: www.cana.net.au
Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting: www.greenhouse.crc.org.au
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: www.affa.gov.au
Department of Environment and Heritage: www.deh.gov.au
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: http://unfccc.int
World Health Organization: www.who.int
Old Growth Forests (Vol 255)
Examines the current state of forestry and conservation in relation
to old growth forests.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestries - Australia:
www.affa.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics: www.abs.gov.au
Australian Conservation Foundation: www.acfonline.org.au
Australian Forest Growers: www.afg.asn.au
Australian Planatation Products and Paper Industry Council: www.a3p.asn.au
Australian Rainforest Conservation Society: www.rainforest.org.au
Farm Forest Line: www.farmforestline.com.au
Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation: www.fwprdc.org.au
Forest Industries Federation (WA) Inc: www.forestindustries.com.au
Forestry Tasmania: www.forestrytas.com.au
ForestrySA: www.forestry.sa.gov.au
Forests and Forest Industry Council (Tas): www.ffic.com.au
Forests NSW (Department of Primary Industries): www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/forests
Friends of the Earth Australia: www.foe.org.au
Greenpeace Australia: www.greenpeace.org/australia
Gunns Limited: www.gunns.com.au
Institute of Foresters of Australia: www.forestry.org.au
National Association of Forest Industries: www.nafi.com.au
Old Growth Forests of WA: http://schools.wafa.org.au/index.html
Plantations 2020: www.plantations2020.com.au
Regional Forests Agreements (RFA): www.daffa.gov.au/rfa
The Rainforest Information Centre: www.rainforestinfo.org.au
The Wilderness Society: www.wilderness.org.au
Timber
Communities Australia: www.tca.org.au
Timber Development Association (NSW) Ltd: www.timber.net.au
Timber Development Association of South Australia Inc: www.tda.asn.au
Timber Queensland: www.timberqueensland.com.au
Timber Workers for Forests: www.twff.com.au
Victorian Association of Forest Industries: www.vafi.org.au
World Wildlife Fund: www.wwf.org.au
Australia’s
Biodiversity (Vol 262)
Examines
Australia's special responsibility for biodiversity conservation
& management;
loss of habitat & loss of species caused by land clearing, greenhouse
pollution, climate change, invasive species, & overpopulation.
Australian Bureau of Statistics: www.abs.gov.au
Australian Conservation Foundation: www.acfonline.org.au
Australian Government Environment Portal: http://kaos.environment.gov.au
Australian Greenhouse Office: www.greenhouse.gov.au
Australian Marine Conservation Society: www.amcs.org.au
Australian Museum Online: www.amonline.net.au/biodiversity
Centre for Plant Biodiversity: www.cpbr.gov.au
Convention on Biological Diversity: www.biodiv.org
Department for Environment and Heritage (South Australia): www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: www.affa.gov.au
Department of the Environment and Water Resources: www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity
Friends of the Earth: www.foe.org.au
Greenpeace Australia Pacific: www.greenpeace.org.au
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: www.unep.ch/ipcc
IUCN (The World Conservation Union): www.iucn.org
Natural Heritage Trust: www.nht.gov.au
The Climate Institute: www.climateinstitute.org.au
The Wilderness Society: www.wilderness.org.au
Threatened Species Network: http://wwf.org.au/ourwork/species/tsn/
Urban Ecology Australia: www.urbanecology.org.au
WWF-Australia: wwf.org.au
