60109 Professional Science Document

Activity: Preparatory research

Your policy brief will discuss algae use in any TWO of the applications discussed in the Australia21 report, or from your own research; for instance the use of algae for pharmaceutical or therapeutic development, treatment of waste water, or rehabilitating the Great Barrier Reef. 

Begin by reading these reports:

• Opportunities for an expanded algal industry in Australia Download Opportunities for an expanded algal industry in Australia
• Feasibility of Algae Building Technology in Sydney Download Feasibility of Algae Building Technology in Sydney

You might like to listen to this podcast:

• How Algae is Changing the Future of Food (Links to an external site.)

Activity: Writing your policy brief

Use the cover sheet  Download cover sheetand  template provided in page 4.2.1 of this module to produce a three A4 page (excluding any diagrams and references) policy brief.