Sundry – External
A collection of significant publications on a variety of topics from a variety of sources
Contents
- Environmental Biosecurity: Best Practice | Invasive Species Council (ISC)
- Creating liveable cities in Australia | Centre for Urban Research (RMIT)
- Freshwater Microfauna | Dr Robert Walsh
- 2020 Global Plan: Goals & Outcomes | IPEN
- Climate-Smart Healthcare | World Bank Group
- Ecological consequences of land clearing and policy reform in Queensland | Pacific Conservation Biology
- EXPANSION OF THE TROPICS | Dan Bielich, B.Sc.
Environmental Biosecurity: Best Practice Guide
New types of foreign pests and weeds are getting into Australia every year. More than 50 invaders never seen before in Australia and harmful to the environment have been detected since 2000.
Each new infestation that reaches our shores increases the cost of looking after the country’s bushlands, seas and wildlife.
Every failure to eradicate an infestation risks environmental problems of epidemic proportions.
That is why we have produced a best-practice environmental guide for Australian policy makers. It shows how we can create a biosecurity system that’s properly aimed at delivering real environmental protection on behalf of all Australia
Environmental Biosecurity: Best Practice Guide | Invasive Species Council (ISC)
Creating liveable cities in Australia
Representing the culmination of five years of research, this report examines seven domains of a city’s liveability that also promote the health and wellbeing of Australians – walkability, public transport, public open spaces, housing affordability, employment and the food and alcohol environments.
Creating liveable cities in Australia | Centre for Urban Research (RMIT)
Freshwater Aquatic Microfauna
Freshwater Aquatic Microfauna
Report | Freshwater Aquatic Microfauna: | Dr Robert Walsh
Aquatic Microfauna within Australian Inland Waters
Article | Aquatic Microfauna within Australian Inland Waters | Dr Robert Walsh
IPEN 2020 Global Plan: Goals & Outcomes
The IPEN 2020 Global Plan identifies clear programmatic goals in its key areas of work and the concrete outcomes IPEN hopes to achieve by 2020 to advance those goals.
Climate-Smart Healthcare: Low-Carbon and Resilience Strategies for the Health Sector
Abstract
Climate change is damaging human health now and is projected to have a greater impact in the future. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing the worst effects as they are most vulnerable to climate shifts and least able to adapt given weak health systems and poor infrastructure. Low-carbon approach can provide effective, cheaper care while at the same time being climate smart. Low-carbon healthcare can advance institutional strategies toward low-carbon development and health-strengthening imperatives and inspire other development institutions and investors working in this space. Low-carbon healthcare provides an approach for designing, building, operating, and investing in health systems and facilities that generate minimal amounts of greenhouse gases. It puts health systems on a climate-smart development path, aligning health development and delivery with global climate goals. This approach saves money by reducing energy and resource costs. It can improve the quality of care in a diversity of settings. By prompting ministries of health to tackle climate change mitigation and foster low-carbon healthcare, the development community can help governments strengthen local capacity and support better community health.
Climate-Smart Healthcare: Low-Carbon and Resilience Strategies for the Health Sector | © 2017 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank.
Ecological consequences of land clearing and policy reform in Queensland
'Ecological consequences of land clearing and policy reform in Queensland' - CSIRO Publishing | Pacific Conservation Biology
Land clearing has increased in Queensland since a shift in policy in 2013, threatening biodiversity, impairing the functioning of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems (particularly the Great Barrier Reef), and contributing to climate change. We review these impacts, provide an overview of the policy background, and suggest options for policy reform.
EXPANSION OF THE TROPICS
'Expansion of the Tropics' - Article by Dan Bielich14/4 2017
Clean Coal Fact Sheet by the Climate Council
There is no such thing as “clean” coal.
Clean Coal Fact Sheet by the Climate Council27/3 2017
The Case for Chemical Transparency
Customers and business leaders are driving the trend to full chemical ingredient disclosure
The Case for Chemical Transparency fact sheetA 10-step guide to going off grid from your utility
RenewEconomy
Last year, a CSIRO study confirmed that up to one-third of all consumers may wish to quit the grid altogether if presented with the right technology, and they get tired of the way they are treated by the grid-based utilities. …
A 10-step guide to going off grid from your utility
21/06 2016
ALEA Presentation for HOPE, 20 May 2016 (Toowoomba, Qld)
Earth laws, Earth democracy and the Rights of Nature
28/09 2015
Looking at Australia's climate movement communications
Looking at Australia's Climate Movement Communications
Where There's HOPE
Where There's Hope: HOPE and environmentalism: how and why we should protect the environment By ShannonMichael
28/07 2015
State of the Park
An excellent article from National Parks Association of Qld: State of the Park
18/05 2015
Building Biology
Building Biology - Making Better Choices for a Healthier Environment
19/02 2014
Earth Charter
09/03 2015
Friends of South-East Queensland (FoSEQ)
The Earth Charter - A framework for value-based planning
03/07 2015
International Year of Soils
Soil and Food Security by Shannon Michael
The Essentials of Good Soil and What You Need to Remedy Problems by Jerry Colby-Williams
The Soil Solution by Graeme Sait
To Save the Planet, We Must Save the Soil by Major General The Honourable Michael Jeffery
Just Permaculture Your Life by Christopher Kelly-Bisson
