Links and Resources.
Bass Coast is Bunurong Country
We acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Bunurong and Boonwurrung People of the Kulin nation and pay our respects to their elders, past present and emerging and to all aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in our community today.
Groups who CARE…
Phillip Island Conservation Society
https://picsvictoria.org.au/
Biosphere Organisation
https://www.biosphere.org.au/
Save Western Port
https://savewesternport.org/
Victoria National Parks Association
https://vnpa.org.au/
Hobsons Bay Wetlands Centre
www.hobsonsbaywetlandscentre.org.au
Ramsar, Resources & Articles
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
https://www.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/documents/library/manual6-2013-e.pdf
Auditor-Generals Report into 'Meeting Obligations to Protect Ramsar Wetlands' found there is limited evidence Victoria’s wetlands are being effectively managed and protected from decline.
https://www.audit.vic.gov.au/report/meeting-obligations-protect-ramsar-wetlands?section=
Western Port Ramsar Awareness Project
https://www.biosphere.org.au/biosphere-projects/current-projects/western-port-ramsar-awareness-project/
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
(Commonwealth) 1999
- Provides the legal framework for the protection and management of 9 matters of national environmental significance, including Ramsar. Other relevant matters include listed migratory species and listed threatened species and ecological communities. https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C00777
Understanding the Western Port Environment
- Melbourne Water
https://www.melbournewater.com.au/sites/default/files/2018-02/Understanding_the_Western_Port_Environment_0.pdf
FILMS TO WATCH
“Ocean”
Sir David Attenborough
CONTINGENT LIABILITY MOVIES
“Breaking Boundaries”
The science of our planet by Sir David Attenborough and Johan Rockstrom.
“Deepwater Horizon”
The story of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Current contingent liability costs $40B+.