The Minnamurra Rainforest ecosystem

GE-12-01. Analyses rural and urban places, ecosystems, global biodiversity and economic activity, for their characteristics, spatial patterns, interactions, and nature and extent of change over time

GE-12-02. Analyses geographical processes and influences, at a range of scales, that form and transform places and environments

GE-12-03. Assesses geographical opportunities and challenges, and the role of varying perspectives and responses in their management

GE-12-04. Evaluates responses and management strategies, at a range of scales, for sustainability

GE-12-07. Selects and applies geographical inquiry skills and tools, including spatial technologies, fieldwork and ethical practices, to investigate places and environments

Students will:

• Identify the value of the rainforest ecosystems and its biodiversity
• Look at the global state of ecosystems and biodiversity
• Identify the key features of the rainforest ecosystem
• Explore the geographical processes that form and transform the rainforest
• Understand how vulnerable this ecosystem is to natural stress and to external and internal human impacts
• Explain the factors that place this ecosystem at risk
• Identify current management strategies and explain how these contribute to ecological sustainability
• Examine the importance of ecosystem management and protection. This includes maintaining genetic diversity, utility values, intrinsic values, heritage values and the need to allow natural change to proceed.