School of Earth Sciences - Macquarie University
Physical Geography Discipline
HSC Geography 2 Unit Information
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Most of the State and Federal government departments concerned with
the environment are maintaining WWW sites which contain an abundance of
relevant and up to date material on government initiatives and policies.
They often include full texts of policy discussion papers which provide
opportunity for the public to interact with the policy makers. Teachers
and students should be encouraged to make submissions on such issues.
Masses of entry points to environmental materials from all sectors of Government
with links to many other sources.
Includes:
* State of the Marine Environment
* Proceedings of the 1994 fire and biodiversity conference.
* Newsletter of the Endangered Species Program.
* National Strategy for Conservation of Australia's Biodiversity
* National Wetlands Newsletter
* National Strategy for Rangelands Management
* Australian Network for Plant Conservation
* and much more - a treasure house of current material!
Includes material on Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration and the future of small
island states.
Publications, newsgroups, and a virtual library.
International network for people interested in wildfire in natural environments.
Current issues in Victoria from State Government perspective.
International agreements on migratory birds.
A spectacular site dealing with a tropical rainforest.
Compiled by Dr Peter Mitchell
September 1996
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