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ACHGK063

Challenges to food production, including land and water degradation, shortage of fresh water, competing land uses, and climate change, for Australia and other areas of the world

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Elaboration (1) ACHGK061

investigating ways that the production of food and fibre has altered some biomes (for example, through vegetation clearance, introduction of exotic species, drainage, terracing and irrigation)

Elaboration ACHGK063

exploring environmental challenges to food production from land degradation (soil erosion, salinity, desertification), industrial pollution, water scarcity and climate change

identifying the impacts on food production from competing land uses (for example, sacred sites, urban and industrial uses, mining, production of food crops for biofuels, production of food crops for livestock, and recreation (such as golf courses))

Elaboration ACHGK064

examining the effects of anticipated future population growth on global food production and security, and its implications for agriculture and agricultural innovation

Elaboration (2) ACHGK068

evaluating the effects of international demand for food products on biodiversity throughout the world, in the places of their production

Elaboration (1) ACHEK017

examining how businesses respond to the demands of consumers (for example, preference for healthy options, environmentally friendly packaging or organic food)

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI102

discussing the priorities and ethics evident in past decisions (for example, in clearing of native vegetation for farming, in stealing food to survive)

Elaboration ACHGK078

investigating development issues (for example, access to clean water, sanitation, health services and adequate food and shelter) and their potential impact on human wellbeing

Elaboration (5) ACHASSK135

investigating the experiences of democracy and citizenship of children who were placed in orphanages, homes and other institutions (for example, their food and shelter, protection, education and contacts with family)

Elaboration (1) ACHGS071

examining the environmental, economic and social factors that need to be considered in an investigation of a contemporary geographical issue such as ways of increasing Australian or global food production or the effects of information and communications …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK015

identifying how places provide people with their basic needs (for example, water, food and shelter) and why they should be looked after for the future

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK107

discussing challenges experienced by people in the colonial era and the enterprising or sustainable responses made to these challenges (wind energy, food preservation, communication, accessing water)

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK089

investigating how knowledge and practices shared among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are linked to sustainable use of resources and environments (such as rotational use and harvesting of resources, mutton-bird harvesting in Tasmania, the …

Elaboration ACHGS071

explaining how the application of geographical concepts and methods has contributed to deep understanding of the causes of and solutions to issues related to biomes, food production and security, interconnections or spatial change

Elaboration (2) ACHEK028

investigating the innovative ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples utilise their cultural knowledge in contemporary contexts in enterprising ways (for example, cultural tourism and other business ventures that harness traditional knowledge …

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI128

interpreting graphic representations and making inferences about patterns and/or distributions (for example, proposing the possible impacts of human activity from an analysis of food webs; reflecting on electoral representation after viewing a plan of …

Elaboration (3) ACHASSK086

exploring the impact that British colonisation had on the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (dispossession; dislocation; and the loss of lives through conflict, disease, loss of food sources and medicines)

Elaboration ACHGK061

identifying the biomes in Australia and overseas that produce some of the foods and plant material people consume

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