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Subject details
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- Introductory issues a:
- 1.State of Australia’s environment
- 2.Sources and structures of environmental law
- Introductory issues b:
- 3.The principles of ecologically sustainable development
- 4.Common tools and instruments of environmental law
- Test + Salmon aquaculture controversies in Tasmania
- Salmon Aquaculture continued
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- The Adani Carmichael coal mine (I)
- The Adani Carmichael coal mine (II)
- Protecting Aboriginal cultural Heritage after Juukan Gorge
- Biodiversity offsets
- Tourism development in national parks
- Bushfires – a burning issue for environmental law reform
- Forestry under the regional forest agreement process
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This subject explores some of Australia’s most challenging environmental controversies, and the legal and policy context in which they arise. It uses a range of topical issues and case studies to introduce students to the framework for national and international environmental regulation, encouraging them to see how laws operate and apply in specific situations.
Through these case studies, students will appreciate common themes and challenges in environmental governance, including:
• failures of enforcement and implementation
• problems of overlapping and overly complex regulation across local, state and national laws;
• challenges for implementing the principles of ecologically sustainable development through law;
• the role of international law in influencing domestic environmental law;
• the importance of public participation in environmental decision-making; and
• the role of markets, media, human rights and environmental ethics in environmental protection.
- Take-Home Exam (40%)
- Test (15%)
- Presentation and Annotated Bibliography (30%)
- Contribution to Class Discussion (15%)
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