The Environment Agency's Flooding pages have lots of useful information about flood risk, how to prepare for a flood, and about what they are doing to manage flooding. You can also access summaries of their Catchment Flood Management Plans - the one that covers Boscastle is the East Cornwall CFMP.
You might like to have a look at the Met Office's "Past weather events" pages too - useful stuff here about the meteorological conditions behind various interesting weather events as far back as 1990, but including Boscastle, the 2005 Carlisle and North Yorkshire floods, the 2007 floods that affected much of the country, and the Cumbria floods of 2009.
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Monday, 10 May 2010
Savanna Grasslands
Tomorrow we will be having a look at the savanna grasslands of Tanzania, and considering the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The Serengeti National Park website has lots of information about the conservation and management of the area and the conflict between the different interest groups involved.
The Serengeti National Park website has lots of information about the conservation and management of the area and the conflict between the different interest groups involved.
Amazon Conservation/Sustainable Development
Another useful link here, focusing on the Mamiraua reserve - will add a bit more specific detail to the info you have already from the textbook.
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
More rainforests...
The article we talked about this morning about condoms "saving the world's forests" is here.
The essay question that you'll be answering either on Friday or next week is "Development, biodiversity and sustainability in the tropical rainforest biome are incompatible goals. Discuss." You don't need to write anything before I see you next, but be having a think about it...
The essay question that you'll be answering either on Friday or next week is "Development, biodiversity and sustainability in the tropical rainforest biome are incompatible goals. Discuss." You don't need to write anything before I see you next, but be having a think about it...
Monday, 3 May 2010
Yr13 - Amazon tribes using technology to protect rainorest
Just come across this article about Amazon tribes using technology to protect the rainforest through "cultural mapping"...
(I found this via The Prince's Rainforests Project page on Facebook - worth a look as there seems to be lots of other potentially useful stuff on there too http://www.facebook.com/#!/rainforestSOS.)
(I found this via The Prince's Rainforests Project page on Facebook - worth a look as there seems to be lots of other potentially useful stuff on there too http://www.facebook.com/#!/rainforestSOS.)
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