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- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (the EPBC Act) home page: matters of national environmental significance, environment assessments, permits and approvals, compliance and enforcement, policy statements and significant impact guidelinExtract: Act) is the Australian Government's central piece of environmental legislation. It provides a legal framework to protect and manage nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places — ... defined in thehttp://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/index.html - 29kb - [ html ] - 16 Jul 2010
- Outcomes of EPHC Meeting; National Waste Policy;announcement of an e-waste recycling scheme; container deposit legislation; oil spill inquiry; environmental and other impacts of the oil spill; Victorian fuel quality issue; Britney Spears - transcript 5 NovExtract: Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. Outcomes of EPHC Meeting; National Waste Policy; announcement of an e-waste recycling scheme; container deposit legislation; oil spill inquiry; environmental and other ... Outcomes of EPHC Meeting;http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/tr20091105.html - 30kb - [ html ] - 6 Nov 2009
- Environment, Water and Heritage (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts - DEWHA) - Home PageExtract: The Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts develops and implements national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage and to ... National Plan forhttp://www.environment.gov.au/ - 46kb - [ html ] - 6 Sep 2010
- LegislationExtract: any relevant legislation, associated with environmental aspects of uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers Region; and. ... Other relevant Commonwealth legislation includes:. Instruments under the Atomic Energy Act 1953, including the Ranger Environmentalhttp://www.environment.gov.au/ssd/about/legislation/index.html - 14kb - [ html ] - 28 Apr 2009
- Weeds in Australia home pageExtract: Weeds have major economic, environmental and social impacts in Australia, causing damage to natural landscapes, agricultural lands, waterways and coastal areas.http://www.weeds.gov.au/ - 17kb - [ html ] - 19 May 2009
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts - LegislationExtract: Legislation. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The EPBC Act is the Australian Governments central piece of environmental legislation. ... It provides a legal framework to protect and manage nationally and internationallyhttp://www.environment.gov.au/about/legislation.html - 32kb - [ html ] - 17 Jun 2010
- Opportunity Denied - Review of the legislative ability of local government to conserve native vegetation - Chapter 8: BibliographyExtract: Bibliography Alexandra, J and White, T ( 1997), Environmental Indicators for Reporting at Local, State and National Levels, Australian Local Government Association, Canberra. ... Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council ( ANZECC) (http://www.environment.gov.au/land/publications/pubs/oppden8.pdf - 363kb - [ pdf ] - 8 Jun 2004
- About weedsExtract: Weeds have major economic, environmental and social impacts in Australia, causing damage to natural landscapes, agricultural lands, waterways and coastal areas. ... Some weeds are of particular concern and, as a result, have been listed for priorityhttp://www.weeds.gov.au/weeds/index.html - 18kb - [ html ] - 15 Sep 2008
- Conservation of Australia's Biodiversity - LegislationExtract: Legislation. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. ( ... EPBC Act) is the Australian Government's central piece of environmental legislation.http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/legislation/index.html - 21kb - [ html ] - 15 Feb 2010
- Marine Bioregional Planning: A new focus for Australia's marine planningExtract: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. (. EPBC. Act) – one of the most comprehensive pieces of environmental legislation in operation anywhere in the world.http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/publications/general/mbp-brochure.html - 22kb - [ html ] - 12 Oct 2007
- About State of the Environment reportingExtract: current condition; the pressures on it and the drivers of those pressures; and management initiatives in place to address environmental concerns, and the impacts of those initiatives. ... It captures critical information about environmental issues -http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/about.html - 21kb - [ html ] - 25 Aug 2010
- Federal environmental approval for Wyaralong Dam - media release, 25 November 2008Extract: MEDIA RELEASE The Hon Peter Garrett MP Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts PG /174 25 November 2008 FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL FOR WYARALONG DAM Environment Minister Peter Garrett has ... In making my decision I have carefullyhttp://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2008/pubs/mr20081125.pdf - 34kb - [ pdf ] - 25 Nov 2008
- Independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999Extract: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. ( EPBC Act), the Australian Government's central piece of environmental legislation. ... The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts has announced the establishment of anhttp://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/review/index.html - 15kb - [ html ] - 21 Dec 2009
- The National Plan for Environmental InformationExtract: Announcements. On 11 May 2010 the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts announced a new initiative to address the environmental information needs of the nation. ... Meteorology. The department will:. introduce legislation whichhttp://www.environment.gov.au/npei/index.html - 32kb - [ html ] - 13 May 2010
- Identifying weedsExtract: Plants that are perfectly safe to plant in one part of the country can be an environmental or agricultural problem in another. ... Declaration of a noxious weed under state or territory legislation can mean different activities are required for thehttp://www.weeds.gov.au/identification/index.html - 19kb - [ html ] - 15 Sep 2008
- Australian Weeds CommitteeExtract: The AWS outlines goals and actions required to keep Australia's economic, environmental and social assets secure from the impacts of weeds.http://www.weeds.gov.au/government/awc.html - 16kb - [ html ] - 10 Dec 2007
- Tips for gardenersExtract: Plants that are perfectly safe in one part of Australia may be an environmental disaster in another.http://www.weeds.gov.au/help/gardeners.html - 24kb - [ html ] - 10 Aug 2009
- RebatesExtract: Environmental performance. ... Register of Environmental Organisations.http://www.environment.gov.au/rebates/index.html - 17kb - [ html ] - 2 Jun 2010
- Weeds publications and resourcesExtract: Community involvement in off-reserve and on-reserve management of environmental weeds - 1997. ... Impact of environmental weeds on biodiversity: a review and development of a methodology - 1998.http://www.weeds.gov.au/publications/index.html - 27kb - [ html ] - 15 Sep 2008
- Early detection and eradicationExtract: Total eradication of large infestations of environmental weeds is very difficult, if not impossible, and expensive. ... These lists can inform us of particular types of management practices for particular species, and some are part of legislation to helphttp://www.weeds.gov.au/management/detection.html - 17kb - [ html ] - 14 Sep 2007
