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Elaboration ACHGK070

discussing the concept of sustainability in relation to environmental functions

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 ACHGK071

describing the role of people’s environmental world views (for example, human-centred and earth-centred) in producing different attitudes and approaches towards environmental management

Elaboration (1) ACHGK071

comparing the differences in people’s views about the causes of environmental issues in Australia and across the world

Elaboration (2) ACHGK071

discussing whether environmental change is necessarily a problem that should be managed and explaining people’s choices of methods for managing or responding to environmental changes

Elaboration ACHGK072

researching the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in environmental management

Elaboration (1) ACHGK072

explaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander models of sustainability that contribute to broader conservation practices

Elaboration ACHGK073

describing the nature of the environmental change and its effect on the sustainability of environmental functions

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 …

Elaboration (2) ACHGK074

comparing strategies in Australia and another country to manage the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration (3) ACHGK074

exploring the variety of solutions to similar environmental changes in different places

Elaboration (4) ACHGK074

discussing how land management agencies are increasingly working with traditional owners to manage environmental change and challenges

Elaboration ACHGK075

explaining how communities and governments attempt to balance environmental, economic and social criteria in decisions on environmental programs, and the extent to which there can be trade-offs between them

Elaboration (1) ACHGK075

discussing the extent to which achieving sustainability in one place should take account of the effects on environmental conditions in other places in the context of the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration (2) ACHGK075

debating the practical and ethical dilemmas of national and international conservation programs aimed at the environmental change being investigated

Elaboration ACHGK076

examining and comparing different perceptions of human wellbeing (for example, by comparing student rankings of selected indicators)

Elaboration (1) ACHGK076

identifying and evaluating different ways of measuring wellbeing (for example, per capita income or the UN Human Development Index), and applying them to investigate spatial variations in human wellbeing and comparing the results from different measu …

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