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Elaboration ACHGK070

discussing the concept of sustainability in relation to environmental functions

identifying human-induced environmental changes (for example, water and atmospheric pollution; loss of biodiversity; degradation of land, inland and coastal aquatic environments) and discussing the challenges they pose for sustainability

Elaboration (2) ACHGK070

evaluating the concept of ecosystem services and the importance of these services for sustainability of biodiversity

Elaboration (1) ACHGK073

examining the interconnections between biophysical processes and human actions that generate environmental change, together with the consequences of these changes

Elaboration ACHGK074

discussing the influence of people’s world views on programs for the management of the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration (1) ACHGK074

proposing geographical management strategies for the environmental change being investigated (for example, establishing reserves and corridors to preserve biodiversity (a spatial strategy), ecosystem-based management (an environmental strategy), urban …

Elaboration (2) ACHGK074

comparing strategies in Australia and another country to manage the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration (3) ACHGK074

exploring the variety of solutions to similar environmental changes in different places

Elaboration (4) ACHGK074

discussing how land management agencies are increasingly working with traditional owners to manage environmental change and challenges

Elaboration ACHGK075

explaining how communities and governments attempt to balance environmental, economic and social criteria in decisions on environmental programs, and the extent to which there can be trade-offs between them

Elaboration (1) ACHGK075

discussing the extent to which achieving sustainability in one place should take account of the effects on environmental conditions in other places in the context of the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration (2) ACHGK075

debating the practical and ethical dilemmas of national and international conservation programs aimed at the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration ACHGS072

developing questions of geographical significance about an area of focus in the geographical knowledge and understanding strand (for example, questions related to the causes of environmental change or the extent of variation in global wellbeing)

Elaboration (3) ACHGS072

using a range of methods including digital technologies to plan and conduct an information search about the causes and consequences of change to environments

Elaboration ACHGS073

gathering relevant data from a range of primary sources (for example, from observation and annotated field sketches, conducting surveys, interviews and experiments, or taking photographs) about human-induced environmental changes

Elaboration ACHGS074

developing a table to show the responses to environmental change in a particular environment

Elaboration ACHGS076

analysing environmental change (for example, the clearance of vegetation or a plan for a vegetation corridor) using topographic maps and satellite images

Elaboration ACHGS077

synthesising information from several sources through using as organisers at least two of the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change

Elaboration ACHGS078

outlining how geographical information systems (GIS) are used in environmental management or in analysing spatial patterns of human wellbeing

Elaboration ACHGS080

reflecting on the role of personal values and attitudes in influencing their responses to situations including goals (for example, environmental protection)

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