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Environmental law

Scope: Environmental law is the branch of law primarily concerned with pollution control (air and climate change, water, noise, land contamination and environmentally hazardous chemicals); national parks, wildlife, fauna and flora, wilderness and biodiversity; environmental and occupational health; environmental planning; environmental impact assessment of projects; heritage conservation; ecologically sustainable development; and resource management generally. It embraces Australia's participation in international Conventions and conferences, and in the development of international and regional environmental policies (Australian encyclopaedic legal dictionary). The Law Library provides support for teaching and research in environmental law.

Related subject pages: Maritime law; International and foreign law

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