ENV104: Australian Environmental Issues

This unit provides students with an overview of current environmental issues in Australia. These include land degradation, management of our forests and national parks, climate change, the ozone layer, pollution and marine and coastal management. Opportunities for conservation and environmental restoration, including the role of society in relation to these issues are addressed. An interdisciplinary approach is adopted with an emphasis on exploring solutions to these issues.

Points	3
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures: 3 hours per week; tutorials: 1 hour per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Environmental Science
Unit Coordinator	Dr Angus Morrison-Saunders Position: Snr. Lecturer (Environ. Science) E-mail: A.Morrison-Saunders@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Science and Computing Room 3.016 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6125
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Contact the Unit Coordinator MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)