Ecosystems at risk - The Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest

Ecosystems at risk excursion

Geography

During this Stage 6 geography excursion students plan and undertake adventurous fieldwork for a case study of the Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest - an endangered ecological community and ‘ecosystem at risk’.

Information and data collected during the fieldwork addresses, or involves: spatial and ecological functioning of the ecosystem, analysis of environmental impact and management reports, identifying stakeholder roles and perceptions, cataloguing of human actions and their associated environmental impacts, identification of environmental stressors and processing these as examples of vulnerability and resilience in the ecosystem and a comparison of traditional and contemporary management practices.

Geographical skills and tools used include:
construction of a scaled cross-section, relating weather observations to MSLP synoptic charts, fieldwork workflow planning, use of geospatial vegetation data overlays, mapping, measurement of environmental factors within the spheres, recording and classification of human impact sites.

Location

• Field of Mars Reserve

Track overview

• Doyle and Warada loop track
• Strangers Creek loop track

Program details

• Maximum 2 classes per day.
• Contact us to discuss your assessment needs.
• DoE school cost is $24 per student - GST free
• Non Gov school cost is $34 per student - GST free, minumum charge $600
• Ecosystems at risk program
• Risk management advice