It is 5 years since new laws for biodiversity conservation and native vegetation clearing were introduced in NSW. It is time to ask – are those laws working to protect biodiversity and appropriately regulate land clearing? In the last 5 years we have seen a significant increase in rural land clearing since the rules were […]
Environmental Defenders Office strongly supports legislative reform of the PGE Act to enhance its capacity to protect the environment and ensure that resource developments are not carried out at the expense of ecological and human health, biodiversity and a safe climate. South Australia has the potential to be a leader in the necessary rapid and […]
Fleur Ramsay is the Head of Litigation and Climate Lead for the Pasifika Program at EDO in Sydney. The program partners with local organisations to protect the environment and the human rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities in the Pacific. The program also engages with international mechanisms and international law with the aim to […]
By Claire Bookless, Managing Lawyer, lutruwita/Tasmania In the past eight years, the Tasmanian Government has announced numerous reforms, reviews and new policies with the potential to strike at the heart of the state’s environmental and planning laws. The government is pursuing policies that could fundamentally change our state, its environment and communities. Among those policies are […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Queensland Water Legislation Amendment Bill 2022. EDO has consistently argued for improved metering and measurement of extractions, greater transparency with respect to usage and account data and greater protection of environmental flows across all Murray Darling Basin (MDB) jurisdictions. Our submission recommends improvements to the proposed amendments […]
The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the National Energy Transition Authority Bill 2022. To meet Australia’s legislated emissions reduction targets, and ultimately the Paris Agreement Goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, there needs to be a large-scale energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. […]
By the Pasifika Team’s Senior Solicitor Watna Mori and Head of Litigation and Climate Lead Fleur Ramsay In a historic moment, as the 27th Session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 27) drew to a close in Egypt, the member states agreed to the establishment of […]
Greenwashing is on the rise, undermining our efforts to tackle the climate crisis at a time when it matters most. We use the law to hold companies to account for the claims they make on climate and to change corporate behaviour for better outcomes for communities, investors and the planet. For a safe future, scientists agree […]
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EDO welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the Northern Territory draft Biodiversity Offsets Policy and the draft Biodiversity Offsets Technical Guidelines. […]
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