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Elaboration (1) ACHGS062

reflecting on personal values and attitudes and how these influence responses to an issue (for example, the protection of landscapes)

Elaboration (2) ACHGS062

proposing actions to respond to geographical issues related to environmental and economic sustainability (for example, urbanisation)

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 (2) ACHGK061

identifying the differences between natural and agricultural ecosystems in flows of nutrients and water, and in biodiversity

Elaboration ACHGK063

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

Elaboration (2) ACHGK063

evaluating whether some ways of increasing food production could threaten sustainability

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) ACHGK064

identifying how poverty, food wastage, government policies or trade barriers could affect future food security

Elaboration (3) ACHGK064

applying understanding of the functioning of natural and agricultural ecosystems to investigate ways of making Australian agriculture more sustainable

Elaboration ACHGK068

exploring the environmental impacts of the consumer product on the places that produce the raw materials, make the product, and receive the wastes at the end of its life

Elaboration (2) ACHGK068

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

testing conclusions by considering alternative points of view about an area of inquiry and providing a response using as organisers at least two of the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change

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 (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 ACHGK070

discussing the concept of sustainability in relation to environmental functions

Elaboration (1) ACHGK070

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 …

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