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Coastal Law and Climate Change
28 June 2008
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Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2008 - 24 April 2008
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Garnaut Climate Change review – Emissions Trading Scheme Discussion Paper - 18 April 2008
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Model Climate Law Project
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- 17 April 2008
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Garnaut Climate Change review – Interim Report to the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments of Australia - 11 April 2008
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Garnaut Climate Change Review – Issues Paper 4 Research and Development: Low Emissions Energy Technologies - 11 April 2008
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Caring For Country
Caring for CountryA guide that aims to help Aboriginal people understand their legal rights and obligations under environmental and natural resource management law...
Campaigning and the Law
Campaigning and the LawA plain English guide to your legal rights to protest and how to make informed decisions about participating in protest action...
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Improving the NSW Planning System
Paper on 2007 reforms...

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Papers and presentations from the State Planning Reform seminar held in Sydney, 22 January 2008...
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The Environmental Defender's Office Ltd, (EDO), is a not-for-profit community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental law. We help individuals and community groups who are working to protect the natural and built environment. The EDO is part of a national network of centres that help to protect the environment through law in their States.

The EDO has an active program of:

In addition, we provide free initial legal advice to the community.

Public donations and support are also vital in enabling us to do the work we do. You can help support the EDO by a donation, becoming a Friend of the EDO or volunteering.

The EDO's mission is to empower the community to protect the environment through the law, recognising:

  • The importance of public participation in environmental decision making in achieving environmental protection

  • The importance of fostering close links with the community

  • The fundamental role of early engagement in achieving good environmental outcomes

  • The importance of indigenous involvement in protection of the environment

  • The importance of providing equitable access to EDO services across NSW

The EDO has developed into an environmental law centre with multi-disciplinary skills and a range of functions - legal, policy, science and education - which can be used on behalf of clients to resolve environmental issues.

The EDO has an obligation to provide its services, including representation, in important matters both in response to community needs as well as in areas the EDO considers to be important for law reform.

Acknowledgments

The EDO wishes to thank the Public Purpose Fund, the State Government Attorney-General’s Department and the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department for their generous support in providing us with our core funding. It is a condition of our Commonwealth funding that it cannot be used in court related activities.

We also thank the following organisations who support the EDO in a variety of ways.

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