NSWTR 2024 HR - Flipbook - Page 18
SPECIES GAME: CONSERVATION CRISIS!
GAME CARDS – PRIMARY
SECONDARY ADDITIONAL NEGATIVE CARDS
CARD 12
CARD 11
An extended summer heatwave makes it difficult for many
plants and animals to survive without water.
You neglect the houseplants on the balcony, leaving the
plants suffering and removing habitat for small animals.
Remove 2 shrubs, a bird, 2 butterflies and all the snails.
Remove 2 flowers and 1 lizard.
CARD 14
CARD 13
A flu-like disease spreads through the bird population.
Natural Australian bush land is cleared near your
ecosystem to make way for food production and housing.
This means that the natural habitat of many species
is reduced.
Remove all but 2 of your birds.
Remove 1 koala, 1 possum and 1 each of the different
birds you have in your ecosystem.
CARD 16
CARD 15
Cane toads outcompete local frogs for resources.
Animals suffer from eating plastic because they think it
is food.
Remove any frogs from your ecosystem.
Remove 1 lizard and 2 birds from your ecosystem.
CARD 18
CARD 17
A developer clears land to prepare a building site.
The local bee community is infested with a parasitic mite
called Varroa destructor that is killing all the bees.
Remove all tree dwellers that can’t fly elsewhere
such as koalas and possums.
SPECIES SURVIVAL – MORE THAN JUST SUSTAINABILITY
Remove any bees from your ecosystem.
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