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8.3.3 People and Economic Activity


General information Factors of economic activity
Impact of economic activity Economic activities

General information

People & Economic Activity from NSW HSC Online
http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/geography/#111013

People & Economic Activity: Case study of retailing from Maquarie
http://www.es.mq.edu.au/humgeog/retail/page1.htm


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Factors of economic activity

Sustainable horticulture from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/13633

Carbon Credits

Emissions trading and carbon credits from the Australian Greenhouse Office
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/emissionstrading/factsheets/fs-emissions.html

Carbon trading: Emissions trading and carbon credits from the Australian Greenhouse Office
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/emissionstrading/factsheets/qanda.html

Carbon Credits and Carbon Trading from The Australian New Crops Newsletter
http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/newslett/ncn11188.htm

Carbon Credits
http://www.hancock.forests.org.au/docs/carbon.htm

Australia's 'carbon credits' scandal from Native Forest Network
http://www.nfn.org.au/cc.html


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Impact of economic activity

Opportunities for employment creation in the forests of NE NSW 1998 from Nature Concervation Council of NSW
http://www.nccnsw.org.au/forests/projects/northeast/jobsumm.html

Polution Alert! from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/235/Pollution_alert!.html

Minnesota's recycling industries: Economic activity summary from Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
http://www.moea.state.mn.us/berc/marketdevelopment.cfm

Child Labour from International Labour Organization
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/gender/beijing5/contribu/briefing/child.htm

Challenges on Working on Child Labour Issues in Sri Lanka in the New Millennium
http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th/vol16-1/SriLanka.htm

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, Concepts, Sources and Methods from Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/66f306f503e529a5ca25697e0017661f/446c978cd54a853aca25697e0018fc62!OpenDocument

Environmental Impacts of Economic Activity
http://www.msu.edu/course/prm/255/environmental_impacts_of_economic_activity.htm

Linking Economy and Environment in British Columbia from Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection of British Columbia
http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/soerpt/99economy/energy.html


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Economic activities

Oceans and Agriculture from CSIRO Marine Research
http://www.marine.csiro.au/LeafletsFolder/9oceans/9.html

NSW Agriculture from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/

Supply Chain Management Theory from Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry - Australia
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=D2C48F86-BA1A-11A1-A2200060B0A01666

Risk management for stock owners in times of fire and flood from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/13869

AGSELL from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/agsell/index.htm

Natural resources and climate from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/16

Wine

Wine in Australia from Department of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology at the University of Adelaide
http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/School/Wine/index.html

Wine Australia
http://www.wineaustralia.com/

Wine Grapes Marketing Board from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/4226

Murray Valley Wine Grape Industry Development Committee from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/4221

Wine-economics
http://www.wine-economics.de/

The Economics of Wine Production in Virginia from Virginia State University
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/viticulture/463-008/463-008.html#L1

Tourism

An economic enterprise - Case study: Sydney Aquarium from Sydney Aquarium
http://www.sydneyaquarium.com.au/Word%20Kits/Years7_12/economicenter.pdf

Data resources from Bureau of Tourism Research
http://www.btr.gov.au/service/svc_index.cfm

Australia welcomes you from Australian Tourist Commission
http://www.aussie.net.au/

Tourism from NSW HSC Online
http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/geography/activity/local/tourism/index.html

Tourism - An Economic Activity from Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre
hhttp://www.observhill-e.schools.nsw.edu.au/tourism.html

Rice

Productive activity: Rice production and banana production from Macquarie University
http://www.es.mq.edu.au/hsc/prod_act/lecoh.htm

Rice facts from Rice Growers' Association of Australia
http://www.rga.org.au/rice/index.asp

Rice and the environment from Rice Growers' Association of Australia
http://www.rga.org.au/enviro/index.asp

The rice industry from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry - Australia
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=373F0156-940A-4866-AF82164BEB89AFEB

SunRice from Ricegrowers Cooperative Limited
http://www.sunrice.com.au/
in particular, All about rice - project information on rice and rice growing

The Rice Marketing Board For The State Of New South Wales
http://www.rmbnsw.org/

Ricecheck 2002 from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/15443
A guide to objective rice crop management for improving yields, grain quality and profits and for economic and environmental sustainability.
Note: the document is broken into three pdf files.

Bananas

Productive activity: Rice production and banana production from Macquarie University
http://www.es.mq.edu.au/hsc/prod_act/lecoh.htm

The Banana Chain: The macro economics of the Banana Trade
http://bananas.agoranet.be/MacroEconomics.htm

Banana Industry Committee from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/4225

Aquaculture

Aquaculture Farm Environment from CSIRO Marine Research
http://www.marine.csiro.au/LeafletsFolder/aquafarmenv.html

Aquaculture in Australia from CSIRO Marine Research
http://www.marine.csiro.au/LeafletsFolder/aquainaust.html

Mapping the future of aquaculture from CSIRO Marine Research
http://www.marine.csiro.au/LeafletsFolder/aquamap.html

A local case study: Tasmanian salmon from NSW HSC Online
http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/geography/activity/local/tassal/salmon.html

Prawns

Environmental Effects of Prawn Trawling from CSIRO Marine Research
http://www.marine.csiro.au/LeafletsFolder/26trawl/26.html

Farming Brown Tiger Prawns from CSIRO Marine Research
http://www.marine.csiro.au/LeafletsFolder/tgrprawns.html

Cattle

Australian Beef Industry from Meat & Livestock Australia
http://www.mla.com.au/content.cfm?sid=28#

Market briefs: Lotfeeding from Meat & Livestock Australia
http://www.mla.com.au/uploads/templates/otherpdf/LotfeedingB.pdf

Beef Cattle from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/285

Dairy Cattle from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/1816

Cattle Transport Tips from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/6978#Cattle

Transported Stock Statement (TSS) - Questions and Answers from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/1747

Sheep

Australian Sheepmeat Industry from Meat & Livestock Australia
http://www.mla.com.au/content.cfm?sid=30

The Sheep Industry from Meat & Livestock Australia
http://www.mla.com.au/content.cfm?sid=20

Flood from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/5357

Sheep from NSW Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/258


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