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Hughes, Phillip, Ed.; Mulford, William, Ed. – 1978
The state of New South Wales (NSW) ceded the Canberra area to the Commonwealth in 1911 as the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), but maintained responsibility for education in the region until 1974, when the territory became responsible for its own educational system. ACT's Independent Education Authority came into being in large part as the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Control, Community Role
Laird, John – Our Planet, 1991
This discussion focuses on potential solutions to the degradation of rainforests in Southeast Asia caused by indiscriminate logging, inappropriate road-construction techniques, forest fires, and the encroachment upon watersheds by both agricultural concerns and peasant farmers. Vignettes illustrate the impact of this degradation upon the animals,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Community Control, Community Role, Conservation (Environment)
