Australian Capital Territory

• ACT Commissioner for the Environment
• ACT Consolidated Laws
• ACT Consolidated Regulations
• ACT Government Page
• ACT Legislative Assembly
• Bills List and Bills Summary
• Legislative Assembly Minutes of Proceedings
• Supreme Court of the ACT
• ACT Courts
• ACT AAT
• ACT government directory

Australian Capital Territory Government Environmental Information

• ACT Commissioner for the Environment
• ACT Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme
• ACT Landcare
• ActewAGL Wanter2WATER initiative
• Animal and plant licenses
• Australian National Botanical Gardens homepage
• Bird licenses and regulations in the ACT
• Blue-Green Algae Monitoring
• Center for Plant Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium
• Climate change policy
• Conservation Council of the South East Region and Canberra
• Cross Border Water Resources 2006 Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the ACT, NSW and the Commonwealth
• Environmental authorization application
• Googong foreshores
• Integrated Nature Conservation Plan (INCP)
• Kangaroos in the ACT nature parks and reserves
• Lake Burley Griffin Water Quality
• Local wildlife in Canberra
• Native plants and animals of the ACT
• Office of Sustainability
• Plantation Forests of the ACT
• Rainwater tanks: Guidelines for residential properties in Canberra
• Recreation in the ACT's Parks, Forests and Bushlands
• Recycling and garbage recycling calender
• Recycling and waste centres
• Recycling options in the ACT
• Strategies and Plans for Parks, Forests and Reserves
• The Canberra Spatial Plan
• Think water, act water homepage
• Urban tree protection and management in the ACT
• Water Efficacy Tips and Information
• Waterwatch ACT

  Education

  • ACT NoWaste: Waste Wise Schools
  • ACT Sustainable Schools Initiative
  • ActewAGL's education website
  • Australian National Botanic Gardens Education Service
  • Birrigai Outdoor School
  • NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service: Educational resources
  • Ranger guided activities

  Local Parks and Reserves

  • ACT parks, forests and reserves
  • Canberra district and town park maps
  • Canberra Nature Park
  • Canberra Urban Parks
  • Give a Tree a Drink campaign
  • Namadgi National Park
  • National Parks Association of the ACT

  Australian Capital Territory Environmental Organisations

  • Canberra Organic Growers Society
  • Canberra Environment and Sustainability Resource Centre

  Letting Politicians Know Your Mind (Contact Details for ACT Government)

  • Chief MinisterACT Community Engagement online
  • ACT Commissioner for the Environment
  • ACT Ombudsman homepage
  • ACT Planning and Land Authority (ACTPLA) consultation
  • Commonwealth Ombudsman - Australia homepage
  • Legislative Assembly
  • Members of Legislative Assembly

  Other ACT Community Legal Centres

  • Tenants Advice Service (ACT)
  • Tenants Union (ACT)
  • Welfare Rights and Legal Centre (ACT)
  • Women's Legal Centre (ACT & Region)
  • National Association of Community Legal Centres
  • Legal Aid Office (ACT)

  Selected Local ACT Environmental/Conservation Groups

  • Conservation Council of Canberra and SE Region
  • Australian Conservation Foundation (Canberra Branch)
  • Canberra Ornithologists Group
  • Friends of Grasslands
  • National Parks Association ACT
  • Nature and Society Forum
  • Save the Ridge, Inc.

Pro bono legal assistance sources and links
Pro bono’ legal services are provided free to clients who cannot afford the legal assistance that they need. Many kinds of legal services can be provided pro bono. They include:

* legal advice,
* court representation,
* legal assistance to non profit organisations,
* community legal education,
* submissions to government on matters of public interest (law reform),
* other legal work, including drafting documents.

Pro bono legal services are one way in which individuals, community organisations and social groups can increase their access to justice. Pro bono services support and extend the legal services provided by legal aid commissions and community legal centres.

• National Pro bono Resource Centre
• ACT - Law Society of the ACT Pro Bono Clearing House
• The Australian Pro bono Manual
• Public Interest Law Clearing House, NSW
• Public Interest Law Clearing House, Victoria
• Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House
• Law Society of NSW Pro Bono Scheme
• NSW Bar Association Legal Assistance Referral Scheme
• Law Institute of Victoria Legal Assistance Scheme
• Victorian Bar Legal Assistance Scheme
• NSW Supreme Court Pro Bono Referral Scheme
• Victoria Law Foundation's pro bono resources

Legal Research Resources

• Australian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII)
• scaleplus.law.gov.au
• legislation.act.gov.au
• legislation.nsw.gov.au
• Federal Court
• Alternative Law Journal
  

Academic research in environmental law

• Australian Centre for Environmental Law (ACEL),
  Australian National University)
• Centre for Natural Resources Law and Policy, University of Wollongong
• Macquarie University Centre for Environmental Law
• New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law (NZCEL)
  Faculty of Law, University of Auckland

Acivist resources

• The complete activist website
  This site is for workers in community legal centres and other individuals and groups who are involved in community advocacy, or campaigning, on social justice and human rights issues in Australia. This site wasdeveloped by the National Association of Community Legal Centres.
• Lawyers for Forests
  (An association of legal professionals working to promote the conservation and better management of Australia’s remaining native forests).
• Freedom of Information Law resources site
  an excellent site maintained by Law Faculty, University of Tasmania
• National Environmental Law Students Network
  A forum for Environmental Law Students to interact and communicate with each other whilst exploring the fundamental issues in this area of the law. The aim of this network is to give such students a voice.

Australian Commonwealth Environmental Information

• Environment in Government
• Attorney-General's Department, the
• Australian Commonwealth Government
• BillsNet -- Commonwealth Bills and Explanatory Memoranda
• Commonwealth Bills List
• Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
• Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Library
• Federal Court of Australia (including judgements)
• High Court of Australia (including judgments and transcripts)
• Legislative Instruments Database
• Parliament of Australia
• Parliamentary Hansards (House, Senate and Committees)
• Environment in Government
• Policies, Strategies, Program Areas

Australian Environmental Organizations

• Australian Environmental Directories
• Organization with a National Focus
• State Organizations

Environmental Activist Support

• Australian Legal Support for Activists
• Letting Politicians Know Your Mind (Contact details)
• Global Non-Violent and Direct Action Networks and News
• Keeping Tabs on Industry and DevelopersThe Green Backlash
• Environmental Justice
• Fund Raising

International Environmental Law and public interest environmental law

• Earthjustice (USA)
  Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, based in Oakland, California (formerly the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund).
• Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW)
  The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW) gives public interest lawyers and scientists around the world the skills and resources they need to protect the environment through law. Grassroots lawyers from 10 countries founded E-LAW in 1989. Now, more than 300 grassroots lawyers and scientists in 60 countries call on the E-LAW network for critical legal and scientific tools.
• PNG Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights Inc. (CELCOR)
  Mission: To protect and assert legal rights and equitable access to and control of natural resource use and promote community based natural resource management through effective law and policies in Papua New Guinea.
• Indonesian Centre for Environmental Law (ICEL)
  ICEL is an independent non-governmental organization (NGO) that specializes in research and capacity building, advocacy and community empowerment to accomplish the principle of Good Sustainable Development Governance.
  Based in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.
• International Environmental Law (Treaties & Documents)
  An excellent place to start when looking for treaties or documents relevant to Environmental Law
• Centre for International Environmental Law (CCIEL)
  www.ciel.org
  The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a nonprofit organization working to use international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health, and ensure a just and sustainable society.
• IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL)
  CEL advances environmental law by developing new legal concepts and instruments, and by building the capacity of societies to employ environmental law for conservation and sustainable development.
• Earth Negotiations Bulletin
  A neutral, authoritative and up-to-the-minute record of ongoing multilateral negotiations on environment and sustainable development.
• International Environmental Directors Indices
• International Legal Directories and Indices
• International Environmental Legal News
• Guides to International Environmental Law
• Environmental Treaties, Instruments and Secretariats
• International Environmental and Legal information Resources
• Intergovernmental Organizations
• International Environmental NGO's
• International Parliamentary Organizations
• International Courts and Tribunals
• Diplomatic, Political and Government Links
• Global Business and the Environment