When the Humane Society International (HSI) was involved in the original negotiations for the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in the late 1990s, it promised a new era of environmental protection. The Federal Government had recognised its obligation to protect our environment at a national level and introduced...
This report, commissioned by Humane Society International from the Environmental Defenders Office New South Wales, sets out the basic requirements for the introduction of next generation national biodiversity law in Australia.
This work reflects HSI’s belief in the primacy of national environment law to safeguard our natural heritage in perpetuity.
