About the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

Approvals and Wildlife Division

The Approvals and Wildlife Division contributes to the protection and conservation of the environment and wildlife through the implementation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). It also administers the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981, the Sea Installations Act 1987 and the Sea Installations Levy Act 1987, and conducts assessments under the Telecommunications Code of Practice 1997. Visit the EPBC Act web site.

The Division consists of four Branches:

• Environment Assessment Branch 1
• Environment Assessment Branch 2
• Compliance and Enforcement Branch
• Wildlife Branch
• Strategic Approvals and Legislation Branch

The Division is responsible for:

• environmental assessments and approvals
• regulation of wildlife trade
• identification and protection of nationally threatened species and ecological communities
• regulation of sea dumping and sea installations
  

AWD information and web sites

• EPBC Act
• Assessments and Approvals
• Wildlife Trade and Conservation
• Compliance and Enforcement
• Database and Internet management
• EPIP Assessments