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The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places.
The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act) is a state-based act of parliament in New South Wales (NSW). [1] Its long title is An Act relating to the conservation of biodiversity; and to repeal the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001 and the animal and plant provisions of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. [2]
Conservation in Australia is an issue of state and federal policy. Australia is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world, [1] with a large portion of species endemic to Australia. Preserving this wealth of biodiversity is important for future generations. 25% of Australia is managed for conservation. [2]
The Australian Government manages an estate of marine protected areas known as Commonwealth marine reserves (CMR) which was established under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). These marine reserves are in Australian waters, but not state or territory waters.
The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 is a state-based act of parliament in Western Australia (WA). It came into force on 1 January 2019. [1] This Act 2016 and its Regulations replace the Sandalwood Act 1929 and the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950, and establish a new framework for the conservation and protection of biodiversity in Western Australia.
More widely, Greenpeace is calling on governments to pay up on the 20 billion US dollars (£15.3 billion) promised by 2025 to fund global biodiversity protection, and enable direct finance for ...
As of 26 August 2005, the Australian Government reclassified Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest as a "Critically Endangered Ecological Community", under the Commonwealth's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. [5] The original extent of the forest was 26,516 ha, but now only 1,182 ha (or 4.5% of original extent) remains. [6]
The Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 is an act of the Western Australian Parliament that provides the statute relating to conservation and legal protection of flora and fauna. [1] It was replaced by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (WA) on 3 December 2016, [ 2 ] and finally repealed as of 1 January 2019 when the Biodiversity Conservation ...