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• Endangered Species

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• Animals in Danger

• Extinct Animals

• Issues for the Nineties

• Australian Issues

• Nature Conservation

• Animals - Geographic Distribution

• 333.95416   animal resources

• 591.680      economic zoology

• 591.994      Animals in Australia

• 591.529      Rare & endangered animals

• 574.529      Biology - rare & endangered animals

• 597.30994  Fish - sharks

• 598.2994    Birds

• 599.74443  Mammals - Pandas

• 599.0042    Rare and endangered mammals

• 599.728     Mammals - rhino

• 639.9        Conservation of biological resources

EFERENCE COLLECTION 

VIDEOS  

• R030 ENC  Encyclopedia Britannica
• R030 WOR  World Book Encyclopedia
• R032 GRO  Grolier Academic Encyclopedia
• RT333.9516 LAW  Australian Endangered Species
• R591.9 ATL  The Atlas of World Wild Life
• R574.529 AUS  Australia's Endangered Species
• R574 BIO  Biology
• R599.0994 MEN  A field guide to the mammals of Australia
• R591.994 SLA  Encyclopedia of Australian Wildlife
• R591.03 AUD  The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of Animal
• R591.03 INJ  The International Wildlife Encyclopedia
• R591.529 DAY  The Encyclopedia of Vanished Species

• VC B   Biology
• VC G 
• VC SC  Science
• VC SE  Society & Environment

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES  

INTRANET RESOURCES  

Online newspapers & magazines  

Arid Land Animals

Australian Flora and Fauna

VERTICAL FILES  

OTHER

• Endangered Species

• Rare Animals

• Wildlife Conservation

• Nature Conservation

• PIC 639.9 SOU  South Australia's Endangered Wildlife
• PIC 591.529 AUS  Australia's Endangered Species

INTERNET SITES  

Endangered Species   

These factsheets and news releases have been formatted for dissemination on the Internet by the US Fish and Wildlife Service(FWS), the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS), National Marine Fisheries...http://eelink.net/EndSpp/

 

Australia's threatened species    

Part of the Nova Science in the News site, this unit of work is about Australia's threatened species. Background is given for the reasons for species being endangered , there are student activities. http://www.science.org.au/nova/010/010key.htm

 

Wild Ones   

The Wild Ones is an international club for students aged 7-14, which aims to provide information about endangered species, different habitats and environments. http://www.thewildones.org/

 

Australian Biodiversity

Biodiversity is a new term that covers protection of habitat and conservation of species. This includes eradication of feral and introduced species.

http://www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/index.html 

 

Threatened Species & Ecological Communities Home Page   

The Endangered Species Program administered by the Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia, aims to prevent further extinction of Australian flora and fauna. Links to News about threatened species. http://www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/

 

Secondary School Student Biodiversity Fact Sheets
Useful facts from the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales, Australia. http://nccnsw.org.au/member/cbn/projects/EducationCentre/ssff_index.html 

 

Learning Room   

Biology resources for students. Includes facts sheets about endangered species, and fun activities in support of online learning. Kids corner is aimed more at primary kids, but this page points you to very useful resources.

http://biology.usgs.gov/features/learningrm/learning_room.html 

Endangered species
Another list of links from a school intranet like this one. http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/science/endangered.htm

ENDANGERED SPECIES OF AUSTRALIA 
Define your topic endangered species are those animals in danger of becoming extinct Where to start ? 
http://golum.riv.csu.edu.au/~lhay/pathfinder/Leske/Fauna.html 

AusStats : Special Article - Endangered Species in Australia 
Australia Now ... Environment Special Article - Endangered Species in Australia (Year Book Australia, 1990)
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/ abs%40.nsf/ 94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/ 525e198ee27f1682ca2569de00267e45!OpenDocument 

Tasmania's Threatened Species - An Educational Resource   
Published by the Parks Wildlife Service, Tasmania, this site covers individual species divided into mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, invertebrates and plants. http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/ThemeNodes/RLIG-53KUPV?open 

http://esl.com.au/wildlife.htm
Earth Sanctuaries have some fascinating photos of really young Aust. animals. 

http://www.wires.au.com Has info about guest speakers.

http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/endangered/
Queensland museum has a page about threatened QL animals.

http://www.edna.edu.au/schools/themes/animals.html
Has a link to resources for Australian endangered species.

http://www.epatrol.org/ http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/science/endangered.htm