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The Environmental Defenders Office (NT) Inc. is a not-for-profit community legal centre operating in the Northern Territory which specialises in public interest environmental law.
Our objective is to empower the community to protect the natural and built environment through the law, recognising:
- The importance of public participation in environmental decision making in achieving environmental protection
- The importance of environmental law and policy frameworks which are sufficient to ensure sustainable development and environmental protection
- The importance of indigenous involvement in protection of the environment
- The importance of providing equitable access to EDO services across the NT
Our services include:
- Free legal advice and representation to individuals and community groups who are working to protect the natural and built environment
- Policy and Law Reform work aimed at improvements in Northern Territory environmental law and policy
EDO NT is part of a national network of offices, known as the Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices (ANEDO). ANEDO has an active program of policy and law reform work, focussing on national environmental issues such as climate change and water management.
Public donations and support are important in enabling us to do the work we do. You can help support the EDO by a donation, becoming a Member of EDO NT or by volunteering.
Acknowledgments
EDO NT receives funding from the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department through its Commonwealth Community Legal Services Program and the Northern Territory Government through the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport's Environment Protection Agency Program.
EDO NT is an independent organisation, and all materials it produces may not represent the views of either government.
We also thank the Northern Territory Practitioners Fidelity Fund for its contribution to EDO NT and other community legal centres in the NT.
Factsheets Principles for achieving Ecologically Sustainable Development in the NT - Submission to the Environment Protection Authority September 2008 Submission in response to the NT Government's Discussion Paper on NT Climate Change issues July 2008 Discussion Paper: Issues arising from current legal frameworks for Marine Protected Areas in the NT – prepared with the Australian Marine Conservation Society and presented to the NT Marine Protected Areas Strategy Committee May 2008 |
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