Browsing: Biodiversity/EPBC Act

A NSW Bill allowing biodiversity and carbon credits to be generated from actions in national parks is deeply flawed, according to a leading biodiversity scientist.

• WA Bill will boost decarbonisation activities on pastoral leases
  
• SA introduces Bill to mandate emissions and renewables targets
  
• Recycled water drastically under-used: New audit report

A new NSW bill enables the state government to monetise biodiversity and carbon sequestration actions in national parks that go beyond business-as-usual.

The Morrison government will join efforts to develop a global standard for disclosing business impacts and dependencies on nature, Environment Minister Sussan Ley has announced.

In a shift that will have ramifications for many of its customers, Westpac has signalled the management of nature-related risks is an issue of rising concern.

Stricter land clearing laws in Queensland are the main reason that red meat producers have cut their emissions by 53%, the Meat and Livestock Association has acknowledged.

Victoria has grossly under-funded biodiversity protection efforts and barely uses key legislative controls, according to a new audit report.

• New ERF method will reward coastal wetland restoration
  
• BCA, conservationists and ACTU jointly urge action on clean exports
  
• Victoria extends deadline for renewable energy auction bids

Environmental offset conditions aren't compensating for the harm caused by clearing and new projects, a Western Australian review has found, and the state's offsets policy will be strengthened.

Businesses should urgently improve their approach to measuring, disclosing and managing their impacts on nature, according to the BHP Foundation and climate investment firm Pollination Group.