Councils and committees
The Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts plays a role in the following environment and heritage councils, forums and committees:
Ministerial Councils
Ministerial Councils facilitate consultation and cooperation between governments, develop policy jointly, and take joint action to resolve issues which arise between governments in the Australian Federation. More about Ministerial Councils and Forums
- EPHC - Environment Protection and Heritage Council
- MCE - Ministerial Council on Energy
- NEPC - National Environment Protection Council
- NRMMC - Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
- PIMC - Primary Industries Ministerial Council
The Australian and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council (ANZECC) operated between 1991 and 2001. During 2001 ANZECC was replaced the EPHC and NRMMC.
Other Ministerial Forums
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites Ministerial Council
- Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia) Ministerial Council
- Fraser Island World Heritage Area Ministerial Council
- Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Council
- Lake Eyre Basin Ministerial Forum (LEBMF)
- Macquarie Island Ministerial Council
- Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council (MDBC)
- New South Wales World Heritage Properties Ministerial Council
- Northern Territory World Heritage Areas Ministerial Council
- Shark Bay Ministerial Council
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Ministerial Council
- Wet Tropics Ministerial Council
Other councils and committees
- Alligator Rivers Region Advisory Committee (ARRAC)
- Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee (ARRTC)
- All Species Inventory Scientific Advisory Committee
- Australian Biological Resources Study Advisory Committee
- Australian Herbarium Information Systems Committee
- Australian Heritage Council (AHC)
- Australian Landcare Council (ALC)
- Australian Network for Plant Conservation Steering Committee
- Biological Diversity Advisory Committee (BDAC)
- Biotechnology Ministerial Council
- Bureau of Meteorology Advisory Board
- Christmas Island National Park Administrators Advisory Committee
- Christmas Island Tourism Association Executive
- Commonwealth Biotechnology Ministerial Council
- Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens
- Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria
- Fuels Standards Consultative Committee (FSCC)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Hazardous Waste Act Policy Reference Group (PRG)
- Hazardous Waste Technical Group (HWTG)
- Herbarium Information Systems Committee
- Indian Ocean Group Training Association Board
- Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC)
- Intergovernmental Coastal Advisory Group
- Intergovernmental Operational Committee for the Great Barrier Reef Water Quality Protection Plan
- Intergovernmental Steering Committee for the Great Barrier Reef Water Quality Protection Plan
- International Organisation for Plan Information
- Kakadu National Park Board of Management
- Kakadu Tourism Consultative Committee
- Marine and Coastal Committee (MACC)
- Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs
- National Cultural Heritage Forum (NCHF)
- National Environmental Education Council (NEEC)
- National Environment Consultative Forum (NECF)
- National Land and Water Resources Audit Advisory Council
- National Oceans Ministerial Board
- National Packaging Covenant Council (NPCC)
- Natural Heritage Trust Advisory Committee (NHTAC)
- Natural Heritage Ministerial Board
- Norfolk Island National Park Advisory Committee
- Oil Stewardship Advisory Council (OSAC)
- Pulu Keeling National Park Community Management Committee
- Taskforce for the Regional Natural Heritage Programme
- Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC)
- Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management
- Uluru Kata Tjuta Tourism Consultative Committee
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