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Threats and Solutions to Environmental Issues

Information and factsheets on ways to protect and maintain natural environments.

Links categorised by region...

Queensland
National
International

Queensland

Marine Habitats

Section of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website providing information on Queensland’s valuable marine habitats, pressures of preserving this diversity and what can be done to protect it. Several navigational links within the EPA websites on related topics.

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/
coast_and_oceans/marine_habitats/index.html

Nature Refuges

Website of the National Parks Association Queensland (NPAQ), providing information about the difficulties of protecting eco-systems and habitats on land that is privately owned. Link to the Environment Protection Agency/ Queensland Department of the Environment and Water Resources website. Navigational links to other NPAQ pages.

http://www.npaq.org.au/content/view/55/126/

Queensland tropical rain forest (AA0117)

WWF report on Queensland’s tropical rain forests, their location and general description, biodiversity features, current status, threats, eco-region justification, references. More photos are available as a link.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/
aa/aa0117_full.html

National

Australia’s Biological Regions

Section of Australian government’s Department of Environment and Water Resources website featuring the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), which divides Australia up into bioregions making reporting, assessing and conservation management and planning easier for the wide range of Australia’s native ecosystems. Related page links in the content include datasets, biodiversity reports and case studies, a map of current priority bioregions, and an assessment of Australian landscape health.

http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/nrs/science/
bioregion-framework/ibra/index.html

Biodiversity

Section of the Department of the Environment and Water Resources, offering information on national strategies and objectives/targets for biodiversity conservation. Navigational links to related pages such as Conservation in regional planning, Conservation incentives, and many more.

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/

Landscape Health in Australia - Australia

Section of the Australian Natural Resource Atlas website, featuring Landscape Health in Australia within the vegetation and biodiversity frame. Contents of the report are: Defining and Assessing Landscape Health, Native Vegetation, Soil and Hydrology, Weeds and Feral Animals, Threatened Ecosystems and Species, Trend Attributes, Synthesis – Landscape Stress, In partnership, Further Information. Maps of Australia showing zone use, ecosystems at risk, dry land salinity risk, and more.

http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/vegetation/health/index.html

What is biodiversity?

The website of the Australian Museum features a short explanation on biodiversity and provides subcategories such as Levels of biodiversity, Biodiversity in Australia and Conserving biodiversity. Further navigational links about What’s happening to our biodiversity (Extinction, Over-population, Loss of habitat, Loss of species), How can you help (Sustainable Living, Biodiversity at home, Community Biodiversity), Biodiversity and The Australian Museum, Fact sheets (a generous collection of fact sheets on many different subjects) and Video.

http://www.austmus.gov.au/biodiversity/what/index.htm

International

Biodiversity Threats

Section of the Biodiversity Project website, providing information on six threats to biodiversity: Population Growth and Resource Consumption, Global Warming, Habitat Conversion and Sprawl, Exotic and Invasive Species, Over-hunting/Commercial Exploitation, and Environmental Degradation. The Biodiversity Project is an initiative of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD), based in Wisconsin, USA. The Biodiversity Project's mission is to advocate for biodiversity by designing and implementing innovative communication strategies that build and motivate a broad constituency to protect biodiversity.

http://www.biodiversityproject.org/html/programs/biodiversity.htm

Our disappearing forests

Greenpeace International website stating the disappearance of forests. Other subcategories inform about the Threats and Solutions. Navigational links to information about the organisation, campaigns and other environmental issues like climate change, oceans, toxic chemicals, nuclear energy, trade.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/
our-disappearing-forests