The
following Web Pages contain information of value to both teachers
and students to enhance their studies of forest ecology, forest
management and forest-related issues contained in Project Forest.
This is not a comprehensive list but during your searching through
these many more pathways and useful Web Pages will become apparent.
Education
Tasmanian Centre for Excellence in Online Learning
www.discover.tased.edu.au
Follow the links from “online learning” to “online
modules” to Open-IT
Modules”. There you will find two units particularly
relating to Tasmania’s environment.
Fire
in the Tasmanian Landscape enables students to
learn about the science of fires, its effects on different ecosystems
and the use of fire in the Tasmanian landscape over many years.
Forest
Ecosystems and Biodiversity allows students to
learn about the animals and plants that live in a Tasmanian
forest, explore Tasmanian forest habitats online, and in local
communities, and play the forest systems and biodiversity games.
Industry
Forestry
Australia
This
site offers a wide range of further links to industry, government,
educational and environmental sites.
It
is also the Home Page for TimberTreck, a Web site for students,
which offers a range of activities for them including stories
to read, puzzles to solve, prizes to win, and things to make,
build and grow. www.nafi.com.au/timbertreck/
Elphinstone
Engineering
This
site provide information on logging trailer design and weighing
systems for a wide range of trucks to allow drivers to comply
with axel load limits on roads.
Government agencies
National
RFA documents
This
site provides information on Regional Forest Agreements across
Australia, the National Forest Policy Statement and how these
are related to long term planning for Australia’s forests.
Environment
Australia Online
This
site provides links to a range of information about our environment
including biodiversity, forests, greenhouse, threatened species
etc. Clicking in the ‘Find your area of interest’
box brings up these topics and many more.
Forestry
Tasmania
Provides
information about the range of activities that Forestry Tasmania
is involved in. The site includes such things as job vacancies,
State of the Forest report, Annual reports, Tasforests (a
journal about Tasmania’s forests), products from the
forests, information on interesting places to visit and forest
research. Of particular interest is the Warra Long Term Ecological
Research site. This area is located in the south of the state
and there are links to other LTER sites in other parts of
the world on the Web Page.
Tasmanian
Parks and Wildlife Service
Provides
information about Tasmania’s Parks and Reserves including
visitor guides, information on flora and fauna, recreation
opportunities, historical heritage and information about the
management of the natural and cultural heritage.
Tasmanian
Timber
Provides
information about Tasmanian timbers and their uses and has
a link to the School
of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of
Tasmania who have a wealth of information on the environmental
properties of timber. Clicking on T.R.U.
takes you to the Timber building in Australia page which has
information on the environmental properties of timber as well
as information on projects, technical data related to timber,
education and research.
State
Forests of New South Wales
Provides
information on sustainable management of forests in New South
Wales for a wide range of values. It includes a Kids and Schools
section.
Natural
Resources and Environment
– Forest Service, State Department of (Victoria)
Provides
Forest Education resource sheets covering forest environments
and management topics and a number of question sheets suitable
for secondary students. There are also other useful links.
Australian
Environment Education Network
Other Organisations
One
interesting site within the timber industry directory is Welcome
to the Pacific Forestry Centre.
Within
the forest fires directory is the Canadian Wildfire Network.
Clicking on ENTER when this site is accessed and choosing
Education brings up a number of other sites. Two sites directly
related to Project Forest then appear. These are:
Australian
Threatened Species Program. – Action Guides for Conservation
An
excellent on-line guide dealing with Australian threatened
species such as the Orange Bellied Parrot. It includes Action
Guides, resources and excellent curriculum approaches to environmental
education with links to the SOSE and Science learning areas.
Australian
World Heritage Areas
Environmental
weeds in Australia
Provides
information about environmental weeds, their effect on the
Australian landscape and how you can help control them.
Fire
in the Australian landscape
A
university student project about the part fire has played
in Australia, how Australia’s indigenous people have
managed fire, and the way our native flora has adapted to
fire.
Leadbeaters
Possum Page
Leadbeaters
Possum is a small nocturnal marsupial restricted to tall eucalypt
forest in central Victoria. It has always been regarded as
rare. Lots of information here about it, its habitat and suggested
management procedures.
Threatened
Species and Biological Communities
Provides
information, education, policy, legislation and strategies
for the protection and recovery of Australia’s threatened
species.
Wildfire
Provides
much information about fire in the Canadian environment. Many
of the issues, problems and management aspects can be related
to the Tasmanian context.
