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Geography 7-10 / Year 10 / Knowledge and understanding / Environmental change and management
Curriculum content descriptions
causes and effects of a change in an identified environment at a local, national or global scale, and strategies to manage sustainability (AC9HG10K04)
Elaborations
- identifying a context to be studied, describing the causes of the environmental change and impacts for the sustainability of its functions (resource, service or spiritual)
- recognising and discussing the influence of people’s world views on how management strategies are developed and implemented
- proposing strategies to manage the effects of environmental change; for example, environmental strategies – establishing marine reserves, national parks, World Heritage Sites or ecosystem-based management; spatial strategies – corridors to preserve flora and fauna or urban planning to reduce energy consumption; holistic thinking – addressing past and present causes of environmental change
- comparing management strategies in Australia with strategies in another country for human-induced environmental change, using criteria; for example, managing waste in Australia compared with India’s rubbish pickers or managing floods in Australia compared to floods in China
- explaining how Traditional Owners, communities, developers, governments and non-government organisations use environmental, economic and social criteria, and consider trade-offs when making decisions
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Sustainable development, Environmental management, Climate change, Conservation (Environment), Environmental impact, Human impact