Environment and Global Issues Web Links

Ocean conservation and management

Australian Conservation Foundation www.acf.org.au
Australian Coral Reef Society www.australiancoralreefsociety.org
Australian Fisheries Management Authority www.afma.gov.au
Australian Institute of Marine Sciences www.aims.gov.au
Australian Marine Conservation Society www.marineconservation.org.au
Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Guide www.sustainableseafood.org.au
CSIRO – Oceans and Coasts www.csiro.au/en/Research/Environment/Oceans-and-coasts
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources – Fisheries www.agriculture.gov.au/fisheries
Department of the Environment – Marine www.environment.gov.au/marine
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority www.gbrmpa.gov.au
Humane Society International Australia www.hsi.org.au
IUCN – Marine and Polar www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/marine
Marine Education Society of Australasia www.mesa.edu.au
Reef and Rainforest Research Centre http://rrrc.org.au
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society www.seashepherd.org
WWF Australia www.wwf.org.au

Waste recycling and energy saving

Australian Bureau of Statistics www.abs.gov.au
Australian Conservation Foundation www.acf.org.au
Australian Council of Recycling www.acor.org.au
Australian Institute of Energy www.aie.org.au
Beyond Zero Emissions www.bze.org.au
Clean Energy Council www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au
Clean Up Australia www.cleanup.org.au
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science www.industry.gov.au
Energy Matters www.energymatters.com.au
Friends of the Earth Australia www.foe.org.au
Geoscience Australia www.ga.gov.au/energy.html
Greenpeace Australia Pacific www.greenpeace.org.au
International Energy Agency www.iea.org
Planet Ark http://planetark.org
Recycling Near You http://recyclingnearyou.com.au
Sustainability Victoria www.sustainability.vic.gov.au
Waste Authority WA www.wasteauthority.wa.gov.au
WWF-Australia www.wwf.org.au
Your Energy Savings http://yourenergysavings.gov.au

The global refugee crisis

Amnesty International Australia www.amnesty.org.au/refugees
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre www.asrc.org.au
Australian Human Rights Commission www.humanrights.gov.au
Australia for UNHCR www.unrefugees.org.au
Department of Immigration and Border Protection www.border.gov.au
Refugee Council of Australia www.refugeecouncil.org.au
Roads to Refuge www.roads-to-refuge.com.au
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) www.unhcr.ch

Bushfire safety

Australian Academy of Science www.science.org.au
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (schools education site) https://emschools.org.au
Bureau of Meteorology www.bom.gov.au
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) www.csiro.au
Geoscience Australia www.ga.gov.au
The Climate Council www.climatecouncil.org.au
State and Territory fire agencies
ACT Emergency Services Agency https://esa.act.gov.au/cbr-be-emergency-ready/bushfires
Country Fire Authority (Victoria) www.cfa.vic.gov.au
Department of Fire and Emergency Services (WA) www.dfes.wa.gov.au
New South Wales Rural Fire Service www.rfs.nsw.gov.au
Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services www.pfes.nt.gov.au
Rural Fire Service Queensland www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au
South Australia Country Fire Service www.cfs.sa.gov.au
Tasmania Fire Service www.fire.tas.gov.au

Nuclear arms control

Arms Control Association www.armscontrol.org
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists www.thebulletin.org
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade www.dfat.gov.au
Federation of American Scientists https://fas.org
Greenpeace Australia Pacific www.greenpeace.org.au
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) www.icanw.org
International Committee of the Red Cross www.icrc.org/en/war-and-law/weapons/nuclear-weapons
International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification www.ipndv.org
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War www.ippnw.org
Medical Association for the Prevention of War www.mapw.org.au
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation www.wagingpeace.org
Nuclear Threat Initiative www.nti.org
Reaching Critical Will www.reachingcriticalwill.org
Swedish Physicians against Nuclear Weapons http://laromkarnvapen.se/en
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) www.un.org/disarmament

Saving the Great Barrier Reef

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies www.coralcoe.org.au
Australian Institute of Marine Sciences www.aims.gov.au
Australian Marine Conservation Society www.marineconservation.org.au
CSIRO – Oceans and Coasts www.csiro.au/en/Research/Environment/Oceans-and-coasts
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources – Fisheries www.agriculture.gov.au/fisheries
Department of the Environment and Energy – Marine www.environment.gov.au/marine
Fight for Our Reef www.fightforourreef.org.au
Great Barrier Reef Foundation www.barrierreef.org
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority www.gbrmpa.gov.au
Greenpeace Australia Pacific www.greenpeace.org.au
Queensland Government (Coasts, waterways and marine) www.qld.gov.au/environment/coasts-waterways/reef
WWF-Australia wwf.org.au

Plastic pollution

Australian Geographic www.australiangeographic.com.au
Australian Marine Conservation Society www.marineconservation.org.au
Boomerang Alliance www.boomerangalliance.org.au
Clean Up Australia www.cleanup.org.au
Department of the Environment and Energy www.environment.gov.au
Earth Day www.earthday.org
Greenpeace Australia Pacific www.greenpeace.org.au
Planet Ark http://planetark.org
Plastic Free July http://www.plasticfreejuly.org
Plastic Oceans Foundation www.plasticoceans.org
Plastic Pollution Coalition www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org
Recycling Near You http://recyclingnearyou.com.au
Sea Life Trust www.sealifetrust.org.au
Sustainability Victoria www.sustainability.vic.gov.au
Tangaroa Blue – marine debris initiative www.tangaroablue.org
World Environment Day (5 June) http://worldenvironmentday.global

Conserving native forests

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) www.agriculture.gov.au/abares
Australian Conservation Foundation www.acf.org.au
Australian Forest Products Association http://ausfpa.com.au
Australian Rainforest Conservation Society www.rainforest.org.au
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations www.fao.org/forestry
Forest and Wood Products Australia www.fwpa.com.au
Forest Education Foundation, Tasmania www.forest-education.com
Forest Learning (Australian Forest Education Alliance) www.forestlearning.edu.au
Forest Products Commission, Western Australia www.fpc.wa.gov.au
Forestry Corporation of New South Wales www.forestrycorporation.com.au
ForestrySA www.forestry.sa.gov.au
Forests and Climate Alliance http://forestsandclimate.org.au
Global Forest Watch www.globalforestwatch.org
Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org.au
Institute of Foresters of Australia www.forestry.org.au
Rainforest Alliance www.rainforest-alliance.org
Sustainable Timber Tasmania www.sttas.com.au
Timber NSW Ltd http://timbernsw.com.au
Timber Queensland http://timberqueensland.com.au
VicForests, Victoria www.vicforests.com.au
Victrorian Association of Forest Industries www.vafi.org.au
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) http://wwf.panda.org

Australia’s energy debate

Australian Bureau of Statistics www.abs.gov.au/Energy
Australian Energy Regulator www.aer.gov.au
Australian Energy Resources Assessment (AERA) http://aera.ga.gov.au
Australian Nuclear Association www.nuclearaustralia.org.au
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) www.arena.gov.au
Bioenergy Australia www.bioenergyaustralia.org.au
Clean Energy Council www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au
Clean Energy Regulator www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au
Climate Change Authority www.climatechangeauthority.gov.au
Climate Council www.climatecouncil.org.au
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment www.environment.gov.au
Energy Efficiency Council www.eec.org.au
Energy Facts Australia (Climate Council) www.energyfactsaustralia.org.au
Energy Made Easy www.energymadeeasy.gov.au
Energy Policy Institute of Australia www.energypolicyinstitute.com.au
Geoscience Australia www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/energy
Grattan Institute www.grattan.edu.au/home/energy
Minerals Council of Australia www.minerals.org.au
Renew (Alternative Technology Association) www.renew.org.au
RenewEconomy www.reneweconomy.com.au

Wildlife extinction crisis

Australian Conservation Foundation www.acf.org.au
Australian Museum Online www.australian.museum/learn/science/biodiversity
Australia’s Nature Hub www.australiasnaturehub.gov.au
Convention on Biological Diversity www.cbd.int
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment www.awe.gov.au
Greenpeace Australia Pacific www.greenpeace.org.au
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) www.ipbes.net
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) www.iucn.org
IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM www.iucnredlist.org
Species Profile and Threats Database www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl
The Conversation Australia http://theconversation.com/au
Threatened Species Index http://tsx.org.au
Threatened Species Recovery Hub www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au
Wilderness Society www.wilderness.org.au
WWF-Australia wwf.org.au

Coping with natural disasters

Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience www.aidr.org.au
Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub http://knowledge.aidr.org.au
Australian Red Cross www.redcross.org.au
Bureau of Meteorology www.bom.gov.au
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC www.bnhcrc.com.au
Climate Council of Australia www.climatecouncil.org.au
Department of Home Affairs www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/emergency-management
Disaster Assist www.disasterassist.gov.au
Emergency Leaders for Climate Action www.emergencyleadersforclimateaction.org.au
Geoscience Australia www.ga.gov.au
National Council for Fire and Emergency Services www.afac.com.au/initiative/afdrs
National Recovery and Resilience Agency http://recovery.gov.au
New South Wales Rural Fire Service www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/resources
Recovery Connect http://recovery.serviceconnect.gov.au
Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements http://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) www.undrr.org

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