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In his National Press Club address, Former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry made the case for urgent, ambitious nature law reform to boost productivity while saving species.
South Australia’s new Biodiversity Act will achieve things no federal or state law has done before. It shows states and territories can achieve ambitious reform.
Australia’s nature laws are now in even worse shape than when Labor was elected in 2022. But this is why things could be different this term.
Past policy positions and musings of new Liberal leader Sussan Ley offer insights into future directions on renewable energy, environment laws, and more.
With a climate change denier as US president, Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s politics-as-glossy-spectacle could not be more on point.
Conservative, socialist or nationalist, what’s best for biodiversity? The results may surprise you. We studied 165 nations, examining threatened species numbers and the extent of protected areas.
Australia committed to restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030 when we signed the global biodiversity framework. But what does that really mean? It’s open to interpretation. So let’s be ambitious.
A group of prominent environmental scientists devised this list of 5 things we must see in Australia’s new national environmental laws, if we are to avoid calamity and hasten recovery.
Australia’s environment does not have sufficient legal protection from climate change, as outlined in a new report from the Climate Council Australia.
The mine was not refused on climate change grounds. So without legal reform, other fossil fuel projects may still go ahead.
Getting that detail right could mean the difference between a species surviving, or disappearing forever.
Experts are concerned that a legal mechanism called investor-state dispute settlement could affect countries’ moves to cut fossil fuel emissions. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
Under the Greens’ proposal, future projects, such as a new mine or high emissions industrial plant, would be assessed on the climate harms they’d potentially cause.
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek acknowledges “it’s time to change” after the State of the Environment report revealed a bleak picture of Australia’s natural places. In a speech on Tuesday…
‘Net gain’ in name, but not for nature?
The social, ecological and governance objectives of marine protected areas need to be understood to enhance benefits to both people and the environment.
Studies demonstrate that vehicular emissions are a huge pollution source in Nairobi.
There are 85 ‘threatened ecological communities’ listed under Australian environment law. But unrealistic criteria means they’re not adequately protected.
The proposed changes to be introduced to Parliament in August may ultimately damage the natural places they’re designed to protect.
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Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law and Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
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Future Making Fellow, Environment Institute, Adelaide University
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer, Public Sector Management, School of Business, UNSW
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Forest Ecology at Silviculture Department, IPB University
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Distinguished Professor, James Cook University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Senior research fellow, University of New England
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Associate Professor, Global Ecology, University of Sydney
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Forest Protection, IPB University
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Associate Professor in Climate Change Biology, University of Oxford