The EPBC Act sets out the principles for the sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity. For example, it allows the Government to play a greater role in promoting ecologically sustainable management of fisheries and assessing their environmental performance. The Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997 provides the legal basis for the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), which is a one of the major programme to protect and conserve Australia's natural resources. The over-arching objectives of the NHT include biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of natural resources, and community capacity building and institutional change. The Australian Government also reinforces the efforts of other countries to protect their wildlife by regulating trade in those species identified under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Australian Government
- National Sustainability Initiatives
- Links to agriculture, biotechnology, chemicals, construction, environment industries, fishing, finance, forestry, greenhouse, minerals, transport, uranium mining, waste management
- Wildlife Trade and Conservation
- Australian Biological Resources Study
- Australia's Oceans Policy
- Marine Division
- Sustainable and Legal Indigenous Harvest of Marine Turtles and Dugongs in Australia
- Wild Harvest of Native Species
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Management Philosophy
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Actions for Marine Wildlife Conservation and Management
- Whales
- Trade and Environment
- Kangaroos
- Industry Development/Regional Forest Agreements
- Sustainable use of Forests
- State of the Forests
- National Forest Inventory
- Australia's State of the Forests Report 2003
- National Oceans Office, Arafura and Timor Seas Experts Forum
- Sustainable Wildlife Enterprises
- Wildflowers and Native Plants Research Program
State and territory governments
Research organisations
Industry organisations
International links
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