Eco Companion Australasia |
Editors choices: Education |
Links in this category of editors choices
cover some of these topics:
education, professional development, research, accreditation
- Bureau of Meteorology [aus]
- forecasts, warnings, satellite images, statistics, services for agriculture
- Environment Australia - Industry [aus]
- encouraging improved environmental management practices
- Environment Australia - Supervising Scientist Division [aus]
- environmental oversight, nuclear, uranium mining, Kakadu National Park, promote environmental excellence in mining, remediation, advice, legislation
- Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) [aus]
- Environment Australia - Coasts and Oceans [aus]
- National Landcare Program (NLP) [aus]
- Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research [nz]
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) [aus]
- Education Network Australia (EdNA) [aus]
- Permaculture Research Institute [aus]
- Australian Antarctic Division [aus, ant]
- International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research (ICAIR) [nz, ant]
- National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI) [aus]
- Streamwatch - community water quality monitoring and action program [aus]
- Australian Herpetological Directory [aus]
- Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) [aus]
- habitat atlas, education resources, fund-raising, trees for koalas, pictures, endangered or not
- Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) [aus]
- Birds Australia / RAOU [aus]
- lots excellent information and ornithology links, Directory of Australian Bird Research, list of threatened, extinct, endangered, vulnerable Australian birds
- Statistics New Zealand [nz]
- Department of Conservation [nz]
- Victorian Frog Group (VFG) [vic]
- get involved in conservation, research and education projects concerning frogs, find pictures and sounds, frog calls
- Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service - Frogs [tas]
- Brisbane Frog Society [qld]
- Frogs of Western Australia [wa]
- CSIRO Animal Health - Disappearing Frogs [aus]
- amphibian decline, indicator of environmental collapse, new fungus may be partly responsible
- Earth Sanctuaries Limited (ESL) [aus]
- rare and endangered conservation, reintroduction, habitat sanctuary, ecotourism, ethical investment, remove introduced predators
- Papua New Guinea Virtual Library [png]
- Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) [aus]
- describes the collaborative research ventures between universities, the public sector and business, list of all CRCs with links and contacts
- Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) [aus]
- natural, indigenous, historic, cultural, Register of the National Estate (RNE)
- CRC for Weed Management Systems [aus]
- Tamar Valley Weed Strategy Working Group [aus, tas]
- community based organisation, photos and descriptions of common weeds and noxious weeds, biological control agents, dispersal and control methods
- Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers (ATCV) [aus]
- Greening Australia [aus]
- bushcare, vegetation management, vegetation helps repair degraded land and water, coordination, community-based organisations
- Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology [aus]
- CRC for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean [ant]
- Canberra Organic Growers Society (COGS) - Worms [aus]
- Australian Vermiculture Resources Guide [aus]
- Reln Plastics - Home Composting [aus]
- Weeds Australia [aus]
- national weeds stategy, weed policies, regulations, research, training, weed management, noxious weeds list, control of roadside weeds, search weeds database, community groups
- Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) [nsw]
- peak umbrella organisation for community, conservation and environment groups, excellent search facility, links wide range environmental groups
- Canberra Organic Growers Society Australia (COGS) [act, aus]
- links to many relevant organic WWW sites
- New Zealand Trust for Conservation Volunteers (NZTCV) [nz]
- Green Innovations Inc. [aus]
- environmental think-tank, environmental services, Greenleap email list for people helping society leapfrog to an ecologically sustainable economy
- The Seed Savers' Network [aus]
- preserve genetic base, adapted to local growing conditions, local seed networks, searchable catalogue of botanical books
- Pearcedale Conservation Park [aus]
- conservation education, breeding, moonlit sanctuary, partners for conservation, programs
- Global Volunteer Network [nz]
- wildlife monitoring and research, preservation and restoration of environment, educational outreach
- Amphibian Research Centre (ARC) [aus]
- research and conservation, encourage pet frogs and responsible attitudes, frog supplies, education materials
Region codes [aus, nz, ant, ...] indicate the state or country that each site is relevant to.