Internet Links - Geography

General

• NSW HSC On-Line - Geography
• Australian Heritage Commission - The most useful component of this site is the Register of the National Estate. The list of locations is comprehensive, including even the smallest of significant sites each categorised as indigenous, historic or natural.
• Board of Studies Geography Links
• Bureau of Meteorology Search
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia
• ArcticCircle - Regions of the Arctic Rim
• Cities and towns - An analysis of suburban sprawl in the United States
• EdNA online - Education Network Australia - Australia's Gateway to services and resources for education and training
• EnviroLinkLibrary
• EPA - Student Center US Environmental Protection Center
• Facing the future : people and the planet - This site offers easy access to population-related issues, impacts, and solutions, as well as references and links.
• Geography Links from Macquarie University
• Geography Teachers Association of NSW
• The United Nations Cyberschool Bus - Important regional and global information on Population | Health | Food and Agriculture | Women | Children | Economic Development | Climate and Environment | and Social Indicators presented in the form of charts and graphs, sometimes accompanied by insightful summaries.
• Greenpeace Australia
• Globelaw-International and Transnational Law
• Landcare NSW This site contains just about everything you would want to know about how landcare operates in NSW. It also contains links to other websites which may be of interest.
• National Geographic
• Population Reference Bureau
• The Environmental and Societal Impacts Group
• Social Science Information Gateway- SOSIG is an online catalogue of thousands of high quality Internet resources relevant to social science education and research. Every resource has been selected and described by a librarian or subject specialist.
• Social Science Information Gateway - Geography
• WRI: International Agreements and Conventions on Environment
• Australian Institute of Marine Science

Antarctica

• Antarctica - Comprehensive information about Antarctica from the CIA Factbook
• Virtual Antarctica

El Nino

• Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory - What is an El Nino (ENSO)?
• Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies Library: El Nino Resource Center
• El Niņo/La Niņa - This page presents images and news releases based on observations of the  El Niņo/La Niņa phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean by the U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon and other NASA/JPL satellites and instruments.

Endangered Species

• Australia. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Greenpeace Australia
• CSIRO - Biodiversity and Endangered species
  WWF Global Network  - WWF is a global organization that is doing all it can to halt the accelerating destruction of our natural world.

National Parks of Australia

• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• Welcome to NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
• Tasmanian National Parks
• Dept. of Conservation and Land Management - Western Australia
• Victorian National Parks
• Queensland National Parks

Rainforests

• Rainforest Alliance Home Page - a site that has rainforest information and articles about rainforest conservation.
• Amazon Interactive
• Rainforest action network

Statistics

• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Governments on the WWW: Institutions in the Area "Statistics" - This page contains links to the official statistics compiled by the governments of many countries around the world.
• The World Factbook
• Infonation - Developed for students wishing to compare statistical data from the world's countries. United Nations Website. Compare extensive statistical data using groupings of Geography, Economy, Population & Social Indicators.
   

Volcanoes

• Cascades Volcano Observatory
• Etna, Sicily, Italy
• Volcano World -- The Premier Source of Volcano Info on the Web
• USGS: Ask-A-Geologist
• Index of USGS Web Servers
• Teaching and Learning

Whales and Whaling

• Russia, Japan rekindle whale meat tradeENN Daily News 9/7/99 - 2381 An ENN report about a recent agreement between Russia and Japan to allow the commercial hunt of beluga whales that has re-ignited international trade in whale meat. The report is supported by links at the bottom of the page to related stories and sites.

Form II assignment

Eco-friendly African Tour Company

• Kenya
• Botswana's Okavango Delta
• Africa - General: Africa: One Continent, Many Worlds is a multimedia online exhibit that explores the nature and history of Africa and its people. The site includes a wide variety of stories, hands-on-activities, presentations, and a database of artefact images
• African Countries -  Specific Information - From the University of Pennsylvania, this site contains a country map, World Factbook entry and other on-line resources for many African countries.
• Outpost Congo Trek Conservationist Michael Fay led a 2000 kilometre journey through the Congo rainforest ecosystem. The site is illustrated with images, maps and descriptions. Classroom ideas and further links are provided. Outpost Congo Trek Conservationist Michael Fay led a 2000 kilometre journey through the Congo rainforest ecosystem. The site is illustrated with images, maps and descriptions. Classroom ideas and further links are provided.
• Welcome to the Living Africa A Think quest site devised by students that features the people, land, wildlife, national parks of Africa. The site includes a wildlife conservation game, postcards, virtual safari, atlas, quiz, and links to related sites.
• WildNet Africa Wildlife Portal - Links to wildlife and conservation sources and feature articles for Africa can be found on this site. It includes information about safaris, endangered species, parks, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Botswana.

Form III elective

• Governments on the WWW: Institutions in the Area "Statistics" - This page contains links to the official statistics compiled by the governments of many countries around the world.
• The Library of Congress Country Studies - This is the index page for 85 countries from the Library of Congress.  Nice easy interface & basic information for each country
• The  World Factbook (CIA)
• The World Bank
• South-EastAsia Information. - General information on the ten countries in this region. These are Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It has an area of about 4,100,000 square kilometres.