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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) 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 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 ACHGK061

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

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