Update: Today EDO lawyers are representing ACF in its Federal Court challenge to the federal assessment of Adani’s North Galilee Water Scheme (NGWS) which will be used to support Adani’s controversial coal mine in the Galilee Basin. The federal assessment of the project did not apply the ‘water trigger’ under federal environmental law, the Environment […]
The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
The Environmental Defenders Office provides expert legal advice and runs groundbreaking cases to protect our climate, communities, and iconic plants and animals. […]
Eleven United Nations representatives have written to stakeholders of the proposed Frieda River copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to raise their concerns about the mine and the risk of failure of its proposed tailings dam. Ten UN Special Rapporteurs along with the Chair of the UN Working Group on Human Rights […]
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The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA) is a 450km-long stretch of Far North Queensland that’s been recognised for its unique biodiversity and importance as a record of the ecological and evolutionary processes that shaped Australia’s unique plants and wildlife. The Wet Tropics Management Plan 1998 protects the WTWHA by regulating activities through a zoning and permit […]
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The EDO is seeking suitably qualified people, a collective of people or an organisation to assist in the program design of our First Nations and Indigenous Peoples Program (FNIPP). The work will occur via a short-medium term (3-6 month) consultancy arrangement. Location: Can be completed from anywhere in Australia. Process: By tender open 16 September 2020 – 9 October 2020. Potential suppliers are asked to supply […]
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The Queensland and Commonwealth governments have released an update to the Reef 2050 Long-term Sustainability Plan (Reef 2050 Plan) which is open for your comments until 30 September 2020. The updated draft plan recognises the great unique value of the Great Barrier Reef and that global warming is the most serious threat the reef currently faces. It also highlights that the future of the reef has deteriorated from […]
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