Before you start
Before starting to prepare the materials for your Communications Plan your team will have to do some background research on the types of marine pollution, their impacts and management.
Your team may wish to compile this information into the following table:
| Type of Pollution | Major Impacts | How wide spread are the impacts? | What could or should be done to minimise these impacts? |
Websites that may contain useful information:
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/key_issues/water_quality/principal_influences.html
http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/key_issues/conservation/threatened_species/threats.html
Australian Marine Environment Protection Association
http://www.ausmepa.org.au/home/
Department of the Environment and Heritage
http://www.deh.gov.au/coasts/pollution/
Australian Marine Conservation Society
Maritime Safety Queensland
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/qt/msq.nsf/index/environment
Australia and New Zealand Safe Boating Group
http://203.19.106.40/Boating/Kids_in_Boats/Marine_pollution.asp
Environmental Protection Fact Sheets
http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/environment/waste/publications/pdf/Factsheets_Marine_Debris.pdf
http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/environment/waste/publications/pdf/Factsheets_What_Slick_isThat.pdf
Humane Society International
http://www.hsi.org.au/news_library_events/fact_sheets/F0053.htm
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