Implementing effective independent Environmental Protection Agencies in Australia: Best practice environmental governance for environmental justice
A number of states and territories are currently looking at changes to their EPAs and environmental departments, including Tasmania and Queensland. Changes to bring in more independence in environmental governance was also a key recommendation of the Samuels review of federal environmental laws. In response to these recent developments, EDO has prepared a report providing key recommendations for what strong, independent EPAs should look like to best protect the environment and human health, particularly for those most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of pollution, environmental degradation, and climate change.
Download the report below.
Panel Discussion
EDO hosted a panel discussion to further explore what strong environmental regulation by EPAs should involve, and why it is necessary to implement EPAs with a grounding in environmental justice and First Nations justice at national, state and territory levels for a healthy environment and healthy communities for all.
Watch it here.
New Queensland Report: Implementing an effective independent Environmental Protection Agency in Queensland: Best practice environmental governance for environmental justice
In our new report, Implementing an effective independent Environmental Protection Agency in Queensland: Best practice environmental governance for environmental justice, EDO provides case studies relevant to environmental governance in Queensland, and calls for the Queensland Government to commit to implementing an independent EPA with strong governance arrangements and First Nations justice and environmental justice frameworks.
This Queensland specific report builds on our recently released national report, Implementing effective independent Environmental Protection Agencies in Australia: Best practice environmental governance for environmental justice, which makes nine key recommendations for how EPAs in Australia can be implemented and reformed to better protect the environment and human health, with a particular focus on achieving environmental justice.
Read the Queensland report here.
