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• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Blue Mountains Conservation Society
• Earthwatch (Australia)
• NSW Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability
  All things environmental, with many links to other environmental sites in Australia and overseas.
• Friends of the Earth
• Greenpeace
• Landcare Australia
• Nature Conservation Council of NSW
• Planet Ark
  Lots of environmental links and information, includes a searchable news archive.
• Rainforest Action Network
• NSW Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability
  Lots of information on energy smart living  at home or at work, as well as on "green power" and other related issues. Includes an "ask the experts" email link for help with specific energy related questions.
• State Forests of NSW
• Total Environment Centre
  Information on environmental campaigns, reference material and links to other sites.

National Parks and Heritage Sites

• Unesco's World Heritage Sites Listing
  Lots of detailed information on all of the world's heritage listed sites.
• NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
• Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute
  The Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that brings together research, local communities, and government agencies to support the conservation of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.

Natural Disasters

• EMA - Emergency Management Australia
  A collection of fact sheets on natural disasters in Australia covering bushfires, floods, drought, landslides, cyclones, volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes and severe storms. Follow the links for schools, then students.
• Cyclone Tracey Website
  The NT library website containing comprehensive information, meteorological information and oral histories relating to Darwin and Cyclone Tracy. 
• Senior Science - Disasters
  A collection of websites relating to all sorts of Disasters in Australia including floods, cyclones, landslides, bushfires, hailstorms, and earthquakes. Includes case studies.

Water

• Australian Government Agriculture Portal
  This is the Commonwealth Government's collection of fact sheets and web links providing access to information on resource management for sustai