...climate change, urban development and habitat lost, however, the 2 that will be discussed is wildlife trade and kangaroo culling. Current legislation will be analysed as well at the action/inaction of the government, followed by case studies to support and concluding with suggestive recommendations. Australia is one of the most important nations on Earth for biodiversity. In fact, Australia is one of only 17 “megadiverse” nations and is home to more species than any other developed country. The primary factors causing...
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...marvelling at them at a zoo. But there are other people I know who would never go because of all the dangerous creatures in Australia. They really don't know what they miss! However, for most people in the northern hemisphere the Australian wildlife is just something special, despite spiders, snakes and crocodiles. In this section about Australian animals I am going to tell you about the most common and cutest, as well as the most dangerous species of native Australian animals. You also learn why many introduced animals are considered "a pest" in Australia. Scary? I don't think so. I always say to myself (and to the worried people) "Hey, more than 20 million people live down under. It can't be that dangerous!" Why is Australian wildlife so unique? koala on a tree Koala in the Adelaide Hills Climatic and geologic events helped Australia to form its unique fauna. Australia was part of Gondwana, the huge super-continent of the southern hemisphere. About 50 million years ago Australia became an island. Due to this isolation and the lack of predators, Australia's unique fauna developed. Marsupials that originated in Gondwana adapted in Australia, and survived until today. Australia's climate became drier about 15 million years ago, resulting in more uniquely adapted species. Now this is only a very short introduction into the geology of Australia. I really don't want to bother you with a lengthy scientific excursion. If you are interested to read more, you'll find...
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...At one time Mount Lofty was a range covered with wildlife and landforms. Nowadays Mount Lofty Range is uncared for and unfortunately causing it to slowly disappear. There has been amounts of trees cut down for industrial purpose when they cut down the trees it takes away homes of these birds, and that means the birds have nowhere to live. There are only around five hundred birds left in the Mount Lofty Range areas that were once covered in wood. The woods are being cut down and that will make the birds extinct. On top of the birds becoming extinct, numerous other animals will also become extinct in the Mount Lofty Ranges. This is a horrific loss of the bird’s habitat. The birds and other wildlife depend on it to survive, for their food, water,...
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...Hi, I’m Terri Irwin and I’m the owner of Australia Zoo. A zoo that conserves animals so they have a greater chance of survival while educating people about the animals we keep. Although there are many successful zoos in Australia, such as Taronga zoo, Lone pine Sanctuary and Melbourne Zoo, but none of them compare to Australia Zoo. Why? Mainly because I don’t run them. No seriously, the zoo’s large enclosures, our level of interaction with our animals and our approach to educate children makes Australia Zoo truly unique. Besides, I don’t have competition… I’m Terrie Irwin. I was born on July 20, 1964, in Eugene, Oregon. At age 22, I established and owned a wildlife rehabilitation facility called Cougar Country. In 1991, I went on a tour...
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...Wisconsin-Green Bay Australia is a unique country full of different species of both land and sea creatures that are a part of its extremely diverse ecosystem. The Australian Marine Conservation Society, formally known as the Queensland Littoral Society, has worked for decades to defend the Great Barrier Reef against things like coral mining, oil drilling, overfishing, etc. It is also the only national charity in Australia that only works toward protecting the ocean wildlife. Without this nonprofit, who knows what would become of the Great Barrier Reef and its surrounding habitats. But before I talk about this extremely amazing nonprofit, a brief history on Australia will be given. Australia’s government is a variety of different governments from other countries such as British and U.S. governments. They have a Liberal Democratic government. Australia has one of the oldest democracies in the world. There are very little nonprofit organizations that are entirely dependent on government funding. All nonprofits are exempt from income tax, and depending on their activity, many nonprofits are exempt from paying other taxes such as fringe benefits tax, sales tax, and rates. Nonprofits play a very important role in the economy, society, and political system. Although they do help the social and political systems, it is far easier to measure the economic contributions. There is still a lot that is not known about the Australian nonprofit organizations. Australia has a very similar...
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...What do you think of when you hear the word flag? Flags are what represent a nation. They are what people take pride in, and yet our flag still represents the old way. It still represents the British domination of 1901. Not who we are today, a prosperous and multicultural nation. Our flag must be changed, to represent all Australians equally. I believe my flag provides a modern view and represents all Australians equally combining stereotypes, aspects of multicultural and the Indigenous culture. To begin, what do you think Australia is known for? Australian is know for its stereotypes all around the world and when people from overseas think about Australia they normally imagine kangaroos as well as emus. These two animals were chose as they...
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...Australia A short fact file- Sam Clift • Australia is the 6th largest country in the world, occupying an entire continent of some 7.6 million square kilometers. • Australia has the largest Greek population in the world beside Athens in Greece and the Greek people can be found in Melbourne Victoria, which has a population of just over 2,000,000 million people. • Australia was the second country in the world to give women the right to vote in 1902 and in 2012 the first female prime minister was elected and her name was Julia Gillard. • Australia is the sports capital of the world and has about 70 percent of its total population participating at least once a week in a particular recreational activity or sport, such as going to a gymnasium to work-out or playing in one of the many sports Australians enjoy. • Approximately 1.35 trillion bottles of wine are produced by Australia and Australia is the maker of some of the finest wines in the world. • It is thought that the Aboriginal people have called Australia home for between 40,000 and 80,000 years, and there have been some discoveries to verify this is true, such as foot prints being found that date back 60,000 years. • The first people to migrate to Australia were convicts or criminals from England and there were 162,000 and they were transported by around 800 different boats. • Australia is estimated to be 7,692,024 square Kilometers and the sixth largest nation after Russia, Canada, China , the United States of America and...
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...national issue that needs to continue to be addressed in Australia and around the world. Although Australia’s waters are not the most polluted in the world our waters are being affected significantly by plastic pollution. Below I have addressed the main causes of plastic water pollution in Australia. The repercussions of plastic pollution on wildlife and humans have also been discussed. The sustainable volunteer work I participated in was picking up litter from two of Canberra’s lakes. There were many positive qualities of this volunteering experience including helping the environment by reducing pollution and recycling items. On a personal note it was also a great way for me to spend time outdoors...
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...The temperatures reached 46 degrees Celsius with winds of 100km per hour. At that time Victoria was suffering two months of extremely low rainfall and very hot dry conditions. A week before the fire a heat wave affected southeastern Australia. Melbourne broke records for three days and on the 30th of January it was the third hottest day in history. In the evening of the Black Saturday a south west wind came, blowing in excess of 120km per hour, which increased the strength of the fires. The average speed of the Black Saturday Bushfires was 12km per hour, sometimes the fires travelled up to 600m per 30 seconds. The heat produced was capable of killing people 400 meters away. Spot fires, which are fires that start ahead of the main fire front from burning embers, were recorded 35 km ahead of the main fire fronts during the Black Saturday Bushfires. On the morning of 7th of Feb, 3,582 firefighters were put ready for the predicted weather conditions, and over 5,000 firefighters were used to fight the fires. These firefighters came from over Australia, New Zealand and the United States. One Australian firefighter was killed when a burnt out tree fell on him. Fire preparation...
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...Introduction Australia has uncertain rainfall and most parts of it have droughts, and has increasing population in large cities in recent years (Legislative Council Secretariat 2015). These conditions pose a threat to water supply. In addition, it is more and more limited and improper to build water pipes to draw water from dams and reservoirs. Due to these facts, seawater desalination plants have been constructed to ensure the water supply in Australia’s large population urban centers. Seawater desalination mainly uses membrane process to desalinate seawater rather than thermal process, because reverse-osmosis (RO) in membrane process consumes less energy, and in the RO desalination, seawater is divided into two streams: one with very high dissolved salts and the other one with less salts (Gary Crisp, E.A. (Bob) Swinton and Neil Palmer* 2010). However, seawater desalination has its drawbacks: energy intensive, generation of greenhouse gases, impacts of desalination discharge on marine environment and its high operating costs. These issues are associated with Australia’s environment and economy (Reza Dashtpour and Sarim N. Al-Zubaidy 2012), therefore it is necessary to cope with these problems with the development and improvement of the membrane process technology. This essay will introduce RO seawater desalination, discuss both advantages and disadvantages, some environmental issues and give policies about how government should regulate seawater desalination plant in Australia. Seawater...
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...of wildlife, rehabilitate areas which have been severely degraded due to human activity such as climate change and promote sustainable business and environmental education. Biosphere reserves is a management strategy similar to the 1960’s approach of total protection in which whole areas of biological significance are fenced off from the public. However Biosphere reserves take a wider approach to what must be sustained whilst protecting the ecology. Economic development focussed on local people is integrated within biodiversity conservation by using strategies such as ecotourism, tolerant forest management and extractive research. The Wet Tropics Management Authority, Douglas Shire Council and the Rainforest Cooperative Research Council are all organisations taking steps to protect and restore the Daintree Tropical Rainforest biodiversity in north eastern Australia. The Douglas Shire Council are gradually trying to reduce thehuman population in Daintree by rejecting plans to build a bridge across to mainland Australia and also increase costs of Ferries across to the island. This has not been successful at decreasing the number of tourists which has meant that over 500,000 people visit the rainforest every year. Some of which partake in activities which are harmful to the environment such as fishing, 4-wheel drive tours and reef diving which leads to disturbance and destruction of habitats for many valuable endemic species. However the increased cost of accessing the wildlife reserve...
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...Australia is renowned as among the most beautiful countries in the world, with the contrast of bustling coral reefs teeming with wildlife and endless expanses of desert making it seem a world away from the shores of home. If you are keen to discover this outstanding beauty for yourself, here are some sights you won't want to miss through your camera lens. The Pinnacles Renowned as one of the very best limestone formations found anywhere in the world, the Pinnacles are located inside the Hamburg National Park and while they remained largely unknown to most Australians until the 1960s, today they receive over 250,000 visitors every year. A strange yet captivating location, there are thousands of pointy rocks and some measure more than a few...
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...According to the WWF 2012 financial statements, WWF received over $24.2 million dollars in revenue in the 2012 financial year through various sources. The largest source of income being individual supporters (61%). followed by legacies and corporations (22%),. The WWF uses many fundraising techniques in order to promote the organisation and realise funds from individuals. These include community events, supporter status offered for monthly donations, endangered animal adoption programs, bequests,workplace giving and Business partnerships. WWF engages with various corporations to develop integrated marketing campaigns that enable companies and their customers to show their support and to contribute actively to conservation. These collaborations are specifically designed to increase public awareness about WWF and to generate revenue for WWF’s global conservation efforts. The WWF states that "We establish company partnerships to improve the sustainability of supply chains and promote sector-wide action, whilst also promoting sustainable commodity investment within the finance sector." The WFF is in partnership with many well-known brands such as AVON and Coca-Cola and has recently established an alliance with CARE. Bureau of statistics concludes that 53% of Australian adults are concerned about the environment, yet only 14% made donations to an environmental cause. This leaves opportunity for WWF to increase its marketing strategy and improve its public message. In support of this...
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...How does littering affect marine wildlife? Littering has become a much bigger problem in the world than it used to be. It has begun to even affect the wildlife around us all, especially marine wildlife. The litter has been getting into the water from many different ways, it can be flushed down the toilet, left on the road and washed into drains and waterways when it rains, and the most common way would be dropped directly into the water by boaters. Plastics have the most affects on the marine wildlife and the plastic makes up over 60% of marine debris. Plastics are also the longest lasting. A plastic bag will last 200 to 400 years, where a plastic bottle takes about 450 years to fully break down. These plastics are not only outliving the marine wildlife but it is also killing them. In August of 2000 there was a whale found washed up on the shore near Cairns, Australia. When they did an autopsy on the whale to find out why it had washed up onto the shore they found its stomach was tightly packed with different kinds of plastics. Almost 200 square feet of plastic supermarket bags, food packages, bottles, and more was the cause of that whale’s death. Marine animals mistake plastic for food and they eat it, most do not have issues when it comes to eating it, but digesting it is the problem. Food needs to break down before it can be fully digested and these plastics will not break down causing it to fill up more and more until the creature dies. Turtles are one of the more common...
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...representative from my country, Australia. Today I would like to let you know how beautiful and amazing my country is. First of all, we will go to see penguins, koalas and kangaroos on a day trip to Phillip Island, Melbourne's wildlife wonderland and holiday island. We will visit a wildlife park to get up close with koalas and kangaroos, and watch sea birds and fur seals in the rocky formation known as the Nobbies. At sunset, take your place at Summerland Beach to enjoy the nightly Penguin Parade, as cute little penguins waddle up the beach to their burrows after a day spent fishing at sea. To enhance your Penguin Parade experience, you can choose from a range of upgrade options, you can view the penguins from an exclusive viewing platform with Penguin Plus, interact with rangers and watch the parade from the exclusive Skybox, or choose the Ultimate Penguin Parade and enjoy a specially guided small-group tour at a secluded beach location. Next, we can also join a full-day Yarra Valley wine tour and visit four of the region's best known wineries, that is Yering Station, Balgownie Estate, Yering Farm and Domaine Chandon. Over lunch and a series of wine tastings, see why the Yarra Valley is one of Australia's most picturesque wine regions on your Yarra Valley wine tour, the perfect day trip from Melbourne. Other than that, we will also discover the scenic North Coast region of Port Stephens on a full-day coach tour from Sydney. Visit a wildlife park to check out the critters,...
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