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Human Impacts on Catchments
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Key Message 2 - We all Live and Interact in Catchments
Human Impacts on Catchments
Resources
Topic of Study - Exotic (Pest) Plants
 
  • How has the introduction and invasion of exotic plants impacted on catchment health in Australia, including aspects of water quality and biodiversity?
  • What effect has this had on ecosystem services?
  • What costs have the introduction and invasion of exotic plants imposed on ecosystem services?
 
Type
Description
Resources Covering the Topic

Easy

- Weed invasion.
- Landcare summary of the main issues
  concerning weeds.
- Marine pests.
- Succinct site with a link to types of pests
  found in Victorian coastal waters.
- Environmental weeds in Australia.
- Summary of main issues.
- What is a weed?

More Comprehensive

- Environmental weeds in Australia.
- How they spread and flourish, effects on
  natural environments and more.

Environment Australia - Biodiversity
http://www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/weeds.html

- Plant and animal pests in the coastal
  environment.

The Coast Kit
http://exwb01.nre.vic.gov.au/coasts/coastkit/ch1/
ecology2.htm#1.29

- Weeds.
- Brief description of issues with a list of
  nationally significant weeds.

Community Biodiversity Network
http://nccnsw.org.au/member/cbn/projects/
EducationCentre/Edu_Weeds.html

- Invasive species.
- ‘Rabbits are weeds too!’ - facts on invasive
  plants and animals.

Environment Australia
http://www.ea.gov.au/education/facts/invasive.html

- Marine invaders.
- Comprehensive review of the main issues.

WA Government Fisheries
http://www.wa.gov.au/westfish/hab/broc/marineinvader/
miintro.html

- Background to threats to biodiversity
  around the world.

Species Survival Commission
http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/pubs/policy/
invasivesEng.htm#BACKGROUND

More Complex
- Weed Management Society of South
  Australia.
- Web links to a whole range of organisations
  concerned with weeds in SA.

Weed Management Society of South Australia
http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/geog/weeds/
weedlinks.htm

- The threat of non-indigenous species
  across the US.
- Thorough and comprehensive examination
  of the processes of invasion.
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