Catchment+HQ

=About Catchment HQ= **Catchment Headquarters (Catchment HQ)** is the control centre of //Murder under the Microscope//. Catchment HQ is a private organisation set up by a group of dedicated citizens and organisations to fight environmental crime in catchments throughout Australia and its neighbours. Run on a voluntary basis, Catchment HQ relies on teams of students (investigators) to solve difficult cases—usually involving the murder of a creature or a plant in the environment. Since 1994 Catchment HQ has investigated a number of puzzling environmental crimes.



Investigators have crawled through a variety of catchments, waded through swamps, flippered over reefs, baked in the outback, and splashed through estuaries in their efforts to uncover the truth.

Catchment HQ contributes many important resources to aspiring environmental crime investigators. Maps, a calendar, crime site information, and lists of possible victims and villains can all be downloaded. Teaching resources and game strategy hints are available from the website to every registered teacher. Investigators gradually uncover a stream of information. A case officer, crime site investigator, forensic scientist and science experts are assigned to the case. Teachers have access to this wiki to chew over tricky administrative questions. This support continues daily throughout the investigation. To date Catchment HQ has not sought any publicity for its work, preferring to work anonymously to achieve a successful and lasting result for the community. Although every case has been markedly different, with the help of student teams the Catchment HQ success rate so far is 100%.



Catchment HQ and its staff post game specific information through the Message centre and you can follow us on Twitter **@catchmentHQ**. During the current investigation Catchment HQ will make announcements through the News and Message services in the game area and and can be followed on Twitter ( @CatchmentHQ )