8.3.1 Ecosystems at Risk

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Coastal dunes	Freshwater wetlands	Inter-tidal wetlands	Coral reefs
Arid areas	Alpine areas	Rainforests	Temperate forests

Ecosystems at risk - from NSW HSC Online
http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/geography/#111006

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project (HEAR) - from USGS
http://www.hear.org/

Introduction to the Biosphere - from Fundamentals of Physical Geography
http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/chapter9.html

Case studies - from Futurity
http://www.futurityinc.com/cases.htm

Regions at risk: comparisons of threatened environments - from the United Nations University
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu14re/uu14re00.htm

Invasive Alien Species Case Studies - from Convention on Biological Diversity
http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/cross-cutting/alien/case-studies.asp

The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: Case Collection - from State University of New York at Buffalo
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm

Bugs, Beasts and Biodiversity: Exploring Biodiversity in the South-west of Western Australia - 6 case studies from Australian Association for Environmental Education
http://www.aaee.org.au/docs/WAbugs/bugsbeasts.htm

Sustainability in Western Australia: Completed case studies - Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Western Australia
http://www.sustainability.dpc.wa.gov.au/docs/PreparedCaseStudies.htm

Fragile ecosystems and their functioning - from Macquarie University
http://www.es.mq.edu.au/hsc/fra_eco1/

Australian Wildlife and Natural History - from Gulliver Film Productions
http://www.gullivermedia.com.au/wildlife.html

Land and People - Finding a Balance - from U.S. Geological Survey
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/students/landpeople.htm

Coastal dune erosion - from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment through its program Reading The Land
http://www.netc.net.au/enviro/fguide/coastalerosion.html

Sane Dune Erosion in a Box Top - from Carolina Biological Supply Company
http://www.carolina.com/calendar_activities/2002/0202.asp

Coastal Dune Ecology - from Green Nature
http://greennature.com/article231.html

Mapping Coastal Change Hazards - from U.S. Geological Survey
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/mappingchange/scale.html

Coastal Erosion, Beach Loss, and Coral Reef Degredation - from University of Hawaii Sea Grant College program
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/SEAGRANT/bmpm/coastal_erosion.html

Caring for our Natural Resources: Our Coastline - from NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources
http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/care/coast/

COAST AND MARINE - from Landcare NSW
http://www.landcarensw.org/NSWissues-coast.htm

The collapse of Wingecarribee wetlands: An Australian environmental tragedy - from the Robertson Environment Protection Society
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/sbeder/wingecarribee/

Ecosystems at Risk: wetlands - from Wetlands Environmental Education Centre, Newcastle
http://www.wetlands-e.schools.nsw.edu.au/worksheets/ecosystems_at_risk.htm

Icons under threat: Kakadu - special feature from The Age newspaper
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/icons-under-threat-kakadu/2005/11/14/1131951093363.html

Watershed Ecological Risk Assessment - from US Environmental Protection Agency
http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/weracs.cfm?ActType=default

Caring for our natural resources: Wetlands - from NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation
http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/care/wetlands/

Fishcare - Our Freshwater Wetlands - from NSW Fisheries
http://www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/aquatic_habitats/freshwater

Wetlands and Floodplains - from NSW Fisheries
http://www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/aquatic_habitats/aquatic_habitats/wetlands_and_floodplains

Fishcare - from NSW Fisheries
http://www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/aquatic_habitats/aquatic_habitats/fishcare_-_our_freshwater_wetlands

Ramsar wetlands sites - from NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/content/ramsar+wetlands

What are wetlands? - from NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/What_are_wetlands

Wetlands - from Department of the Environment and Heritage
http://www.deh.gov.au/water/wetlands/

Changing water regimes and wetland habitat on the Lower Murrumbidgee floodplain - from NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/content/changing+water+regimes+and+wetland+habitat+on+the+lower+murrumbidgee+floodplain

Caring for our natural resources: Wetlands - from NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation
http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au/care/wetlands/

Enhancing the conservation and wise use of intertidal wetlands - from Ramsar Bureau
http://www.kfem.or.kr/wetland/html/DraftRecommendation.html

USGS - National Wetlands Research Center - from U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/nwrcfact.pdf

Coastal Wetlands and Global Change: Overview - from U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/climate/fs89_97.pdf

Ecosystems at risk - Case study: the Great Barrier Reef - from Sydney Aquarium
http://www.sydneyaquarium.com.au/Downloads/CLA/Yr7-12/SAQ_YR7-12_seniorgeo.pdf

Managing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - a unit of work for Year 11-12 Geography from reefED, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
http://www.reefed.edu.au/teaching/teaching/senior_secondary/managing_gbrmp/

Coral bleaching - will global warming kill the reefs? - an online activity from NOVA, Australian Academy of Science
http://www.science.org.au/nova/076/076key.htm

Icons under threat: Great Barrier Reef - special feature from The Age newspaper
http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/icons-under-threat-great-barrier-reef/2005/11/17/1132016868241.html

Reefs at Risk - from World Resources Institute
http://www.wri.org/reefsatrisk/

ReefBase - a Global Information System on coral reefs
http://www.reefbase.org/

National Coral Reef Institute - from Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ncri/

U.S. Coral Reefs - Imperiled National Treasures - from U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs025-02/

Coastal and marine areas - from GEO: Global Environment Outlook
http://www.grida.no/geo/geo3/english/313.htm

Reefs at Risk in South-East Asia - from World Resources Institute
http://www.wri.org/reefsatrisk/reefriskseasia.html

Coral Reefs - from U.S. Geological Survey
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/coralreefs/

Deserts - from Geoscience Australia
http://www.auslig.gov.au/facts/landforms/geogarea.htm

Arid and semi-arid lands: Characteristics and importance - from Community Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihood
http://www.iisd.org/casl/ASALProjectDetails/ASAL.htm

Desertification fact sheet - from community activist technology
http://www.cat.org.au/wed/desert-fact.html

The Desert Biome - from University of California Berkeley
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/deserts.html

Australasia - from National Geographic, scroll down to Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial_aa.html

Alpine Ecosystems - from Riverina Environmental Education Centre
http://www.reec.nsw.edu.au/geo/alpine/text/alp0.htm

Analyzing actual vegetation patterns and human impact in alpine cultural landscapes using multiscale remote sensing data - from European Geosciences Union (EGU)
http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/egsga/nice01/programme/abstracts/aai1108.pdf

Alps Network For Protected Areas - from the Alpine Network For Protected Areas
http://www.alparc.org/

Australian Alps education kit - from Australian Alps National Parks, Deparment of the Environment and Heritage
http://www.australianalps.deh.gov.au/publications/edukit/

Icons under threat: The Alps - special feature from The Age newspaper
http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/icons-under-threat-the-alps/2005/11/18/1132016933810.html

Ecosystems at Risk: Virual Field Trip - a virtual field trip to Minnamurra Falls, Southern Highlands from HSC Online
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/geography/ecosystems/case_studies/mmfweb/index.html

Icons under threat: The Rainforest - special feature from The Age newspaper
http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/icons-under-threat-the-rainforest/2005/11/16/1132016804680.html

Information Sheets - from CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management
http://www.rainforest-crc.jcu.edu.au/publications/infosheets/infosheets.htm

Forest Matters Newsletters - from CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management
http://www.rainforest-crc.jcu.edu.au/publications/Newsletter/Forest%20Matters/forestMatters.htm

Australian Rainforest Conservation Society - from Australian Rainforest Conservation Society
http://www.rainforest.org.au/

Rainforest destruction - from Rainforest Action Network
http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Destruction/

Rainforest: factsheets - from Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org/info_center/factsheets/

Rainforest Research - from CSIRO
http://www.cse.csiro.au/research/rainforests.htm

Rainforest Information - from The Rainforest Information Centre
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/welcome.htm

Where have all the forests gone? - from CSIRO Office of Space Science & Applications - Earth Observation Centre
http://www.cossa.csiro.au/lb/lbbook/forest/forest1.htm

Towards Forest Sustainability - from CSIRO
http://www.publish.csiro.au/samples/TowardsForestSample.pdf

Facts and Figures about Australia's Forests - from The Wilderness Society
http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/forests/general/facts/

Forests - from The Wilderness Society
http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/forests/

Wildlife, Fire and Future Climate: A Forest Ecosystem Analysis - from CSIRO Publishing
http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/forests/

Forests - from GEO: Global Environment Outlook
http://www.grida.no/geo/geo3/english/177.htm

Mundulla Yellows - a new tree-dieback threat - from Environment South Australia
http://www.ccsa.asn.au/esa/yellows_1.htm

Mundulla Yellows - from ABC: Landline
http://www.abc.net.au/landline/stories/s314378.htm

Mundulla Yellows - A Simple Case of Poisoning - from Association of Societies for the Growing of Australian Plants
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL27/sep02-5.html

Forests, grasslands and drylands - from World Resources Institute
http://forests.wri.org/index.cfm

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