Plant communities dominated by trees whose crowns shade on average 10 to 30 per cent of the ground. The typical vegetation type in low rainfall and poor soil regions.
Carbon is the sixth element of the periodic table and the fourth most abundant element in our solar system, only surpassed by hydrogen, helium and oxygen. It is a non-metal, colourless, odourless in low concentrations, and is represented by the chemical symbol ‘C’.
Carbon is the major component of non-living things including coal, charcoal, and diamonds, as well as living things including trees that contain approximately 50% (by dry weight). Even the human body is 18% carbon (by mass)!
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Carbon stored in Australian ForestsInformation on carbon storage, carbon sequestration and carbon trading. |
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Forestry Matters!Forestry matters! is a free, comprehensive education resource that provides teachers with relevant, up-to-date information about South Australia’s forests. |
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The carbon cycle.Charts and information on the carbon cycle. |
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Trees for carbon sequestrationThis factsheet discusses what is carbon sequestration, how to estimate carbon sequestration, carbon accounting and more. |
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Australian Forests posterView all the types of forests across Australia.
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Forests and Carbon - Grow, Harvest StoreUse this poster to explain the the carbon cycle. |
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Carbon and its storage in forest and wood productsClass activities on carbon, cycling & storage. |
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Cumberland State Forest Tour - Carbon Science Lesson Plan and Student WorksheetThis lesson plan takes Yr 7-10 Science students through the Cumberland State Forest. The outcomes of the lesson is a recognition that living things depend upon each other and on their environments. |
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Forestry Matters!Forestry matters! is a free, comprehensive education resource that provides teachers with relevant, up-to-date information about South Australia’s forests. |
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Forests, timber and climate change- Factsheet and WorksheetWorksheet and factsheet to guide discussion on forests, timber and the greenhouse effect. |
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Going Bush - Forest’s role in the carbon equation - Worksheet & answersStudent worksheet with sample answers to accompany the Going Bush video 'Forest's role in the carbon equation'. Students will learn about equipment used in the field to measure carbon fluxes, and how actively growing forests store carbon and assist in climate change mitigation. They will learn how fires cause net losses of carbon to the atmosphere, and therefore the importance of active management for preventing catostrophic fires. |
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How is carbon stored in trees and wood products?To understand how carbon is stored and cycled in trees, students need firstly to have a look at the properties of carbon. They will also learn how to use formulas for calculating carbon storage, and understand that some carbon is lost during processing andmanufacturing, while most is recovered and used, then stored for the life of wood products. |
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Planet Ark - Schools Tree dayEach year in July, around 2500 schools across Australia take part in Schools Tree Day. Students nation-wide have learnt how to plant, and care for the seedlings they grow. Become involved. |
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Tree tape for kidsA downloadable tree measuring tape for children which translates how much CO2 absorbed in the tree into the amount of activities rather than grams of CO2, e.g. 1 hour on a flight or 2 days of breathing. |
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Wild Forest Adventure Activity BookWild Forest Adventure is an activity based companion booklet especially designed for use with the Forests NSW website. |
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Wild Forest Adventure online gameThe Wild Forest Adventure section has been especially designed for students, to provide interesting and relevant information about the forest environment, in a stimulating and fun way. |
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Climate change and forestryDiscover more about climate change and forestry at LandLearn NSW. |
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Forestry Matters! websiteForestry matters! is a free, comprehensive education resource that provides teachers with relevant, up-to-date information about South Australia’s forests. |
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Going Bush - Forest's role in the carbon equationThe boys talk to a trio of carbon specialists about the part forests and its products can play in the fight against global warming. They see how it’s measured in Victoria’s Wombat Forest and hear how storage of carbon in forests should be compared to a dam, with inputs from growing trees and regular withdrawals especially for timber to replace fossil-fuel intensive materials, rather than simply locked away. |
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Planet Ark - Schools Tree dayEach year in July, around 2500 schools across Australia take part in Schools Tree Day. Students nation-wide have learnt how to plant, and care for the seedlings they grow. Become involved. |
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Planet Ark's Make It Wood - Do Your World Some GoodThis website developed by Planet Ark provides a wealth of information regarding sustainably sourced timber. |
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Planet Ark's carbon sequestration videoVideo to showcase the role of trees in carbon sequestration, developed by Planet Ark |
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The story of carbon.
Carbie the carbon atom is not happy. It is getting crowded in the atmosphere causing it to warm up. Carbie is looking for a better place to be. This interactive game allows you to choose between the ocean, coal, trees and wood products and learn how carbon is stored in each of these environments. |
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Tree tape for kidsA downloadable tree measuring tape for children which translates how much CO2 absorbed in the tree into the amount of activities rather than grams of CO2, e.g. 1 hour on a flight or 2 days of breathing. |
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Wood.Naturally BetterWood. Naturally Better.™ is a program designed to help professionals and consumers understand how they can play a part in tackling climate change by using one of the most natural materials – wood. |
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Going Bush - Innovative ways of keeping the home fires burningWe investigate the future of timber production . not using a crystal ball but armed with Forestry Tasmania's Innovation Plan. The on-going challenge of getting more from less has Forestry Tasmania looking further into maximising returns from its resource by increasing recovery rates from logs and investigating a range of new engineered timber products and rayon production for clothing. |
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Going Bush - Forest's role in the carbon equationThe boys talk to a trio of carbon specialists about the part forests and its products can play in the fight against global warming. They see how it’s measured in Victoria’s Wombat Forest and hear how storage of carbon in forests should be compared to a dam, with inputs from growing trees and regular withdrawals especially for timber to replace fossil-fuel intensive materials, rather than simply locked away. |
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Going Bush - Forest’s role in the carbon equation - Worksheet & answersStudent worksheet with sample answers to accompany the Going Bush video 'Forest's role in the carbon equation'. Students will learn about equipment used in the field to measure carbon fluxes, and how actively growing forests store carbon and assist in climate change mitigation. They will learn how fires cause net losses of carbon to the atmosphere, and therefore the importance of active management for preventing catostrophic fires. |
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Greenhouse footprint of wood productsJoin researcher Fabiano Ximenes as he talks about wood, carbon and climate change. |
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Planet Ark's carbon sequestration videoVideo to showcase the role of trees in carbon sequestration, developed by Planet Ark |
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The story of carbon.
Carbie the carbon atom is not happy. It is getting crowded in the atmosphere causing it to warm up. Carbie is looking for a better place to be. This interactive game allows you to choose between the ocean, coal, trees and wood products and learn how carbon is stored in each of these environments. |
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Wild Forest Adventure online gameThe Wild Forest Adventure section has been especially designed for students, to provide interesting and relevant information about the forest environment, in a stimulating and fun way. |
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