Extra Reading - Week 3

Year 10 - Biodiversity

Fantastic website which goes into detail about why the Amazon rainforest is being destroyed: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html

Year 11 - Use of Resources

Very up to date information about the demand for oil worldwide: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/oil-demand-to-rise-for-25-years-despite-green-push-iea-2129850.html

Year 12 - Arguments for and against Globalisation

This article extends some of the arguments we have looked at during lessons:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/941031.stm

Year 13 - Murray River Basin and the Impacts of Water Shortages:

http://www.economist.com/node/13611117?story_id=13611117

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/28/adelaide-water-drought