Q5. Will Rainforests Exist in the Future?

Videos
Diagrams
Fact Sheets and Texts
Websites

Videos

Rainforest Under Pressure
What are the Major Threats to the Rainforest?

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Diagrams
Climate Change Maps
Rainforest Benefits Table

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Fact Sheets and Texts
Climate Change Fact Sheet
Climate Change Research
Threats Fact Sheet
Feral Animal Fact Sheet
Feral Animal List
Feral Animal Tropical Topics
Feral Pig Fact Sheet
Feral Pig Research
Weed ID Handbook
Weeds Tropical Topics
Weed Research

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Websites

Pressures

WTMA – Pressures on the World Heritage Area
WTMA – Pressures on the World Heritage Area - development
Cairns and Far North Environment Centre - urban development
Cairns and Far North Environment Centre - sustainability and climate change
WTMA – Conservation Strategy – Part C, p41, Threats.

Feral animals and plants

WTMA – Pressures on the World Heritage Area – look under exotic species
WTMA - Enviromental weeds
Rainforest and Reef Research Centre RRRC – rainforest weeds
Rainforest and Reef Research Centre RRRC – feral pigs
EHP – Weed Spotters Network
WTMA – Conservation Strategy – Ch11, p58, weeds and ferals.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – weed identification

Climate change

Australian Department of Climate change and Energy Efficiency– what you can do at home about global warming
Queensland Conservation – cool communities
Climate Action Network Australia – personal actions you can take against global warming

Weeds and feral animals

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – ways to prevent weed spread
Department of Environment and Heritage Protection– prohibited pets

Climate change/Global warming

WTMA – Pressures on the World Heritage Area – climate change
WWF – climate change
Reef and Rainforest Research Centre RRRC – global warming in the Wet Tropics
Climate Action Network Australia – how will climate change affect Australia
New Internationalist – Global warming – the facts
Reef and Rainforest Research Centre RRRC - Environmental Crisis: Climate Change and Terrestrial Biodiversity in Queensland

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