VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Units 3&4 Notes

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1. Biological isolation, geological stability and climatic variation in Australia before humans3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Changing human relationships with outdoor environments

   Pre-human Australian environments

2. Custodianship, Country and how specific Indigenous peoples' relationships changed after European colonisation3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Changing human relationships with outdoor environments

   Indigenous relationships before and after colonisation

3. Non-Indigenous relationships with outdoor environments, 1788-1859 and 1860-19003 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Changing human relationships with outdoor environments

   Early colonisation and Pre-Federation

4. Non-Indigenous relationships with outdoor environments, 1901-19903 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Changing human relationships with outdoor environments

   Post-Federation

5. Lake Pedder, the Franklin River and the Little Desert: campaigns that reshaped political party policy3 · Unit 3 AOS1 — Changing human relationships with outdoor environments

   The beginnings of environmentalism

6. Land and water councils, Registered Aboriginal Parties and contemporary custodianship3 · Unit 3 AOS2 — Relationships with Australian environments in the past decade

   Indigenous custodianship today

7. Comparing conservation, recreation and economic relationships with outdoor environments3 · Unit 3 AOS2 — Relationships with Australian environments in the past decade

   Conservation, recreation and economic relationships

8. Methods individuals and groups use to influence decisions in conflicts over outdoor environments3 · Unit 3 AOS2 — Relationships with Australian environments in the past decade

   Conflicts over use

9. How land managers resolve conflicts over the use of outdoor environments3 · Unit 3 AOS2 — Relationships with Australian environments in the past decade

   Land manager resolution processes

10. Federal environmental policy and the influence of climate change, renewable energy and water management debates3 · Unit 3 AOS2 — Relationships with Australian environments in the past decade

    Policy and social debate

11. The pillars of sustainability, their interdependence and critiques of the concept4 · Unit 4 AOS1 — The importance of healthy outdoor environments

    Pillars of sustainability

12. Using water, air and soil quality to assess the health of an outdoor environment4 · Unit 4 AOS1 — The importance of healthy outdoor environments

    Observable characteristics: water, air and soil

13. Species and ecosystem biodiversity as observable indicators of environmental health4 · Unit 4 AOS1 — The importance of healthy outdoor environments

    Biodiversity as a health measure

14. Land degradation, introduced species, urbanisation, climate change, flood and fire: impacts on society and environments4 · Unit 4 AOS1 — The importance of healthy outdoor environments

    Threats and their impacts

15. Why healthy outdoor environments matter for wellbeing, and local to international climate mitigation strategies4 · Unit 4 AOS1 — The importance of healthy outdoor environments

    Wellbeing and climate mitigation

16. Indigenous and non-Indigenous land management strategies for sustaining outdoor environments4 · Unit 4 AOS2 — The future of outdoor environments

    Land management strategies

17. FFG Amendment Act 2019, Ramsar, EPBC Act 1999, VEAC Act 2001 and the Planning and Environment Act 19874 · Unit 4 AOS2 — The future of outdoor environments

    Acts and conventions

18. Regenerative farming, Trust for Nature, Landcare and 'Friends of' groups4 · Unit 4 AOS2 — The future of outdoor environments

    Community actions

19. Activism, advocacy, ethical and sustainable consumerism and green home design4 · Unit 4 AOS2 — The future of outdoor environments

    Individual actions

20. Planning, collecting logbook data and reporting on two visited outdoor environments4 · Unit 4 AOS3 — Investigating outdoor environments

    The independent investigation