Australian Environment - Reference Guide

[ air | land | humans | life | sea | sustainability | reporting | general ]

Air

Weather

• current weather forecast?
• The latest weather satellite images
• Weather and Global Monitoring
Climate
• Climate Change
• Greenhouse
• El Niño Southern Oscillation

Land and Water

Landscapes
• Conservation
• Forests
• Landcare
• Rangelands
• Regions
• Wetlands
Environmental Monitoring
• Environmental Monitoring (Australia's land cover from satellite)
Landscape Components
• Disturbance
• Substrate
• Vegetation
• Topography

Humans and the Environment

Using the Environment
• Cleaner Production
• Energy Efficiency
• Environmental Fact Sheets
• Ways to help endangered species
Managing the Environment
• Environmental Agreements and Legislation
• Pollution
• Policies and Strategies
• Management Plans
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Cultural Heritage
• Local Government Initiatives
Learning about our Environment
• GLOBE
• Enviroquest

Life

Biodiversity
• General
• Endangered and Vulnerable Species and Ecological Communities
• Wildlife Protection
Species
• Plants (Flora)
  
• Animals (Fauna)
  
• Viruses (including Australian plant viruses)
  
• Microorganisms (World Data Centre for Microorganisms)
  
• Where does a species occur?
• What species are found in a region?

Marine and Coasts

Conservation
Coastal Wetlands
Regionalisations
Management

Integrating Environment and Development

Ecologically Sustainable Development
• A National Strategy for Australia
• The United Nations Agenda 21
Monitoring and Reporting on Ecologically Sustainable Development
• Summary Report on the Implementation of the NSESD
• "Forward Agenda for ESD"
• National Reporting to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
• 1994 National Report to the CSD
Roles and Responsibilities in a Federation
• Summary of the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment (IGAE)
• CouncilNet

State of Environment Reporting

State of the Environment Reports
Newsletter of National State of the Environment Reporting

General Information

Media Releases
Environmental Agreements and Legislation