Australia’s environment is facing one of its toughest periods. The combined threats of habitat destruction, drought, bushfires, climate change and more, mean that Australia’s wildlife is battling an extinction crisis.
Stronger laws are required if we want to protect the wildlife we have and avoid further destruction.
Australia’s federal environmental law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), is the national law responsible for protecting our wildlife. The Australian Government has committed to reform of this law. This is welcome but it’s in the detail that we will see whether the reforms deliver for nature.
Read our Nature Law Explainers to understand the important details we will be looking for:
Humane World experts, working with lawyers at the Environmental Defenders Office, set out the early blueprints for EPBC Act reform in the following publications:
Humane World is a co-founder and leading member of the Places You Love alliance. Through this alliance we work together with colleagues in the environmental sector in support of national environment laws.
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Make a submission to the government’s consultation on new national nature laws.
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