Why do Australia’s Environmental Laws Fail to Save our Species from Extinction?

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    Akhtar-Khavari, A; MacPherson, E; O'Donnell, E; Woolaston, K; Yates, J; Pelizzon, A; Nelson, R
    Date
    2019
    Source Title
    World Commission on Environmental Law Blog
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Nelson, Rebecca; O'Donnell, Erin
    Affiliation
    Melbourne Law School
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    Akhtar-Khavari, A., MacPherson, E., O'Donnell, E., Woolaston, K., Yates, J., Pelizzon, A. & Nelson, R. (2019). Why do Australia’s Environmental Laws Fail to Save our Species from Extinction?
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/241445
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    https://www.iucn.org/news/world-commission-environmental-law/201907/why-do-australias-environmental-laws-fail-save-our-species-extinction
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    ARC/DE180101154
    Abstract
    Transformative change is needed in Australia to deal with its extinction record, which is being further exacerbated by large resource extraction approvals and increased urbanization. Legal opportunities are procedurally and jurisdictionally complex and imaginative changes that can drive recovery efforts for ecosystems are urgently needed.

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