Publications and resources
General
- Access to genetic resources publications
- Australian Antarctic Division publications
- Biodiversity publications
- Changes to the EPBC Act - What you need to know - October 2006
- Coasts and oceans publications
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act fact sheet - April 2008
- Genetic Resources Management in Commonwealth Areas (November 2005)
- Guide to the EPBC Act
- Heritage publications
- Marine protected areas publications
- New detention regime for suspected unauthorised non-citizen offenders (March 2007)
- Parks and reserves publications
- Species and ecological communities
- Communities for Communities - Threatened ecological communities newsletter
- Listing threatened species, ecological communities and key threatening processes
- Marine species
- Migratory species
- Water (including wetlands) publications
- Wildlife trade and conservation publications
- What the EPBC Act means for Norfolk Island (June 2004)
2006 Amendments
- Compliance auditing fact sheet - February 2007
- Changes to the EPBC Act - What you need to know - October 2006
- Compliance and enforcement
- Environment assessment process
- Flowchart: Environment assessment process
- List of overseas places of historic significance to Australia
- Listing threatened species, ecological communities and key threatening processes
- Protecting heritage places
- Recovery action for threatened species and ecological communities
Agreements
- Bilateral Agreements
- South Australia relating to environmental impact assessment
- New South Wales relating to environmental impact assessment
- New South Wales relating to the Sydney Opera House
- Northern Territory relating to environmental impact assessment
- Queensland relating to environmental impact assessment
- Tasmania relating to environmental impact assessment
- Western Australia relating to environmental impact assessment
- Conservation agreements
- Heads of agreement on Commonwealth and State roles and responsibilities for the Environment
Compliance and enforcement
- Compliance audits completed in 2007 - Summary of findings - September 2007
- Compliance audits completed in 2006 - Summary of findings - July 2007
- Compliance auditing fact sheet - February 2007
- Compliance and enforcement fact sheet - February 2007
- Department of the Environment and Water Resources Compliance and enforcement policy - August 2004
Databases
- Protected Matters Search Tool - find protected matters in your area of interest
- Species Profile and Threats Database
- Australian Heritage Database
- Australian Wetlands Database
Environment assessments
- Particular Manner Decisions - Section 77A - February 2007
- Environment assessment flowchart
- Environment assessment process fact sheet - February 2007
- Referral form - February 2007
- Local Government and Commonwealth Environment Law - July 2003
- Staged Developments/Split Referrals - September 2003
Flowcharts
- Environment assessment process
- Fishery assessments
- Live import process
- Process for listing threatened species, ecological communities and key threatening process under the EPBC Act
- Referral process (part of the environment process flowchart)
- Steps in adopting a recovery plan
Policy statements
- 1.1 Significant Impact Guidelines - Matters of National Environmental Significance - May 2006
- 1.2 Significant Impact Guidelines - Actions on, or impacting upon, Commonwealth land and Actions by Commonwealth Agencies - May 2006
- 2.1 Offshore seismic operations - March 2007
- 2.2 Offshore aquaculture - August 2006
- 3.1 Bluegrass ecological community - August 2001
- 3.2 Grey-headed Flying Fox - November 2003
- 3.3 Spectacled Flying Fox - November 2003
- 3.4 Tiger Quoll - May 2004
- 3.5 White Box - Yellow Box - Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands - May 2006
- 3.6 Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) - July 2006
- 3.7 Peppermint Box (Eucalyptus odorata) Grassy Woodland of South Australia and Iron-grass Natural Temperate Grassland of South Australia - June 2007
- 4.1 Draft Policy Statement: Use of environmental offsets under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - October 2007
- Practice Guide 1 - Prior authorisation and continuing use exemptions - Sections 43A and 43B - January 2005
Reports
- Annual reports: Operation of the EPBC Act
- Section 516A reporting guidelines - June 2003
- Criteria for Determining ESD Relevance - June 2003
- Generic ESD and Environmental Performance Indicators for Commonwealth Organisations - June 2003
- State of the Environment reporting
- Wind farm collision risk for birds - March 2006
Environment News subscription
Subject guide to publications
- Antarctica
- Atmosphere
- Australian alps
- Biodiversity
- Coasts and oceans
- EPBC Act
- ESD
- Great Barrier Reef
- Greenhouse
- Heritage
- Human settlements
- Indigenous affairs
- International activities
- Land management
- Legislation
- Meteorology
- Parks and reserves
- State of the environment reporting
- Sustainability education
- Used oil recycling
- Water resources
Portfolio publications
Australian Government
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