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Environmental policies to retain natural vegetation do not work particularly well, and offer little long-term hope of expansion and restoration of natural vegetation. The reason for this is a pattern in the general logic of clearing applications that I call Read More
The ‘centrepiece’ of new Environmental Law recommendations is a set of National Environmental Standards. See the interim report. Interim Report Highlights This wide ranging report has a whole lot of recommendations that seem to be reflective of how we transmit Read More
Let’s talk about offsets. On the bright side, the interim report does contain some wisdom, albeit in the form of some belated observations about the bleeding obvious. The Reviewers interim conclusion confirms what we already know, namely: Offsets do not Read More
Any reform that focusses on the possibility of ecosystem and biodiversity improvement in regional Australia has to accept that the primary agents of environmental degradation, in rural areas, may be the farmers themselves. And complicating that matter is that the Read More
The Discussion Paper The direct link to the Review’s Discussion Paper is here. The review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act (Cth) is supposed to occur at least once every ten years. This is taken literally, since the last Read More
The Precautionary Principle is an evolving concept: first arising in German law, migrating to international environmental declarations, and then becoming part of national legislative interventions for the purposes of environmental protection. Australia enthusiastically adopted the term ‘precautionary principle’ in legislation Read More
This ABC article about allegedly illegal logging in Victorian native forests highlighted the surprising reliance on low-resolution diagrams to define and administer logging activities in State forests in Victoria. In this case, it is a State-government controlled organisation which is Read More
A recent news report [1] highlighted the potential for conflict and administration work in NSW indigenous land areas. The work required is to determine the extent of overlap between native title claims and historical dispossession in NSW indigenous land areas, Read More