Environmental management
Alternative labels
Environmental governance
Environmental regulation
Report
Averting extinctions: the case for strengthening Australia’s threat abatement system
This report by five national conservation groups warns that Australia faces an avalanche of imminent extinctions requiring policy and regulatory responses and restoration programs which strengthen the threat abatement system.
Report
Environment Aotearoa 2022
This triennial report synthesises the evidence base on the state of the environment contained in domain reports since 'Environment Aotearoa 2019'. The report does not suggest any response, as it is out of scope under the report’s governing legislation.
Discussion paper
Aboriginal community governance on the frontlines and faultlines in the Black Summer bushfires
This paper examines the experiences of Aboriginal people and communities during the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, capturing their stories and unique impacts. The author also explores the response by Aboriginal communities and organisations to reveal how these community and cultural governing institutions rallied to support communities and protect Country.
Report
Living within limits: adapting the planetary boundaries to understand Australia’s contribution to planetary health
This report summarises work undertaken through the Land Use Futures program to adapt the planetary boundaries to the Australian context. It outlines how Australia is tracking against its share of five of the planetary boundaries and considers how the land use sector is both contributing to and affected by environmental limits.
Report
Aggravating extinction: how the Australian government approves the destruction of threatened species habitat
Australia is a world leader in nature destruction. We’re the only developed nation on the list of global deforestation hotspots and we’ve caused the extinction of more mammals than any other nation. This investigation reveals how the federal government has been intensifying, rather than abating, the extinction pressure faced by Australian threatened species.