Environmental law
Alternative labels
Environmental constitutionalism
Report
Muzzling dissent: how corporate influence over politics has fueled anti-protest laws
This report examines anti-protest laws passed or introduced in three American states — Louisiana, Minnesota, and West Virginia — and traces how corporate influence has spurred elected officials to attempt to use those laws to clamp down on opposition during the construction of new, controversial oil and gas pipelines in those states.
Briefing paper
Post-pandemic natural resource management in the Indo-Pacific
The two main threats to natural resource management caused by COVID-19 are the negative impact on ecosystems (and thereby resources) of increased human interaction with the environment, and the increased disregard for international environmental laws, norms and regulations, by both individuals and nations. This paper looks at some of the issues facing Indo-Pacific nations.
Report
New directions for resource management in New Zealand
New Directions for Resource Management in New Zealand is a comprehensive review of New Zealand’s resource management system.
Briefing paper
Cultural vandalism: regulated destruction of Aboriginal cultural heritage in New South Wales
Aboriginal people in New South Wales have been trying to strengthen the law that is supposed to protect their cultural heritage since the late 1970s, but reform remains elusive. This paper outlines some reasons why.
Report
The growth and complexity of environmental regulation
This report is the first to quantitatively estimate both the growth and complexity of Australia’s primary piece of environmental legislation and the departmental rules it enables.