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Understanding Ecosystems
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Key Message 1 - Water is Essential for Life
Understanding Ecosystems
Resources
Topic of Study - Value of Native Vegetation
 
  • What is the value of native vegetation as a provider of ecosystem services across the whole environment, including the provision of clean water?
  • How does native vegetation provide habitat?
  • What is the importance of native vegetation in the riparian zone and across the whole landscape in maintaining ecosystems?
  • What is the role of native vegetation in estuaries, mangroves, coastal zones and oceans?
  • What is the role of native vegetation in freshwater ecosystems?
  
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Description
Resources Covering the Topic

Easy

 - Natural advantage: a blueprint for sustainable
  Australia.
- Comprehensive overview of sustainable
  development, including vegetation issues.
- The importance of habitat.
KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch
http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section1/
2-09.htm
- Habitat value of bushland.
- Fact sheet on Native Vegetation.
- Simple explanation on why native vegetation
  is important.
- Why are water plants so important?
KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch
http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section5/
5-11.htm

More Comprehensive

- The ecology of terrestrial plants.

VIC Government
http://exwb01.nre.vic.gov.au/coasts/coastkit/
ch1/ecology2.htm#1.300

- Native vegetation strategy.

North Adelaide and Barossa Catchment Water Management Board
http://www.nabcatchment.net/

- River ecosystems.
- The role of native vegetation in maintaining
  river ecosystems.

Land and Water Australia
http://www.rivers.gov.au/manage/is4rivereco.htm

- River ramblers.
- Experiments to demonstrate the role of native
  vegetation in riparian ecosystems.

Land and Water Australia
http://www.rivers.gov.au/training/ramblers/
activities/rivram_activities.htm

- Benefits of native vegetation for agriculture.
- Comprehensive look at the issues.

Australian Plants Society
http://www.austplants-nsw.org.au/nativeag.htm

- Has many links that demonstrate the value of
  native vegetation.

Greening Australia
http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/

- Stream-bank vegetation is valuable.
- Short PDF download with concise information.

Qld Government Natural Resources and Mines
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/factsheets/pdf/river/
R30.pdf

- Vegetation, trees on the riverbank.
- PDF download.

Murray Issues
http://www.murrayusers.sa.gov.au/pdfs/
MIssues4vegetation.pdf

- Fish need trees.
- Explains the benefits of riparian zones.

Qld Government. Forestry
http://www.forests.qld.gov.au/educat/btl/
fish.htm#Riparianvegetation
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