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Principles for Ecologically Sustainable Management

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do laws, policies and stakeholders shape decisions about managing the environment?

Describe the roles of law, policy and stakeholders in environmental management, and explain how evidence-based decisions about contemporary issues are made.
How legislation, policy instruments and stakeholders shape environmental management and evidence-based decision-making, with Tasmanian and Australian examples, for TASC Environmental Science Level 3.
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How do scientists monitor environments and collect reliable field data to inform management decisions?

Describe environmental monitoring methods and fieldwork techniques, and explain how reliable, valid data is collected, analysed and used in environmental decision-making.
Fieldwork sampling methods, quadrats and transects, abiotic measurement, reliability and validity, data analysis and the mandatory case study, with Tasmanian examples, for TASC Environmental Science Level 3.
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What principles guide decisions that balance environment, economy and society over the long term?

Explain the principles of ecologically sustainable development, including the precautionary principle, intergenerational and intragenerational equity, and conservation of biodiversity, and apply them to environmental decisions.
The principles of ecologically sustainable development including the precautionary principle, intergenerational and intragenerational equity and biodiversity conservation, applied to Tasmanian decisions, for TASC Environmental Science Level 3.
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What does ecologically sustainable development mean, and how is it used to manage and conserve Tasmanian environments?

Explain the principles of ecologically sustainable development and evaluate conservation and management strategies used to protect Tasmanian ecosystems.
Principles of ecologically sustainable development, the precautionary principle, intergenerational equity, protected areas, and conservation strategies with Tasmanian examples such as the Wilderness World Heritage Area, for TASC Environmental Science Level 3.
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