Natural resources
Policy report
Western Australia and India: the need for a state strategy to recover and grow the economic relationship
This publication discusses how deeper economic ties with India will help ensure Western Australia remains connected into the corridors of regional and global growth.
Discussion paper
Transforming the resource management system: opportunities for change
The Resource Management Review Panel has been established to undertake a comprehensive review of the Resource Management Act and other significant legislation comprising the resource management system. This issues and options paper identifies the main issues to be addressed in the reform process and offers possible ways in which they might be addressed.
Strategy
Land use futures: natural capital roadmap
Despite many examples of innovative and sustainable land management practices, a barrier to broader adoption is the immaturity of tools and systems to enable adequate, consistent measurement of ‘natural capital’. This natural capital roadmap seeks to enable sustainable land use transitions through the measurement and valuation of natural capital.
Technical report
Technical review of the water sharing plan for the Barwon-Darling Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
This technical report prepared by Prof. Fran Sheldon from Australian Rivers Institute (Griffith University) reviews the ecology, hydrology, and license types of water along the Barwon-Darling.
Report
Climate-sensitive mining: case studies
This report is intended to deliver an account of mining technologies, processes, and strategies that seek to incorporate environmental sustainability considerations and have the potential for local value creation and green growth.