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• Renewables agency lists four investment priorities
  
• High Court to hear Bob Brown protest case
  
• Tasmania to cap power prices

Backed by some of the world's top companies, a new Natural Capital Protocol shows businesses how to incorporate the value of the natural environment into decision-making.

• Queensland pitches to become biofutures hub
  
• New corporate alliance promotes sustainable fuels
  
• Greens push for $2bn biodiversity fund
  
• Environmental crime report says Indonesia laundering illegal timber

• Victoria offers anaerobic digester funding
  
• New guidance out for projects near Reef
  
• NT consults on environmental changes

• Industry leaders should 'untether' from laggard peers
  
• Investors back green bonds
  
• Companies yet to implement forest commitments

A global coalition has released a draft protocol on how to measure and value business impacts on the natural environment.

Two BHP joint ventures and Cockatoo Coal will satisfy their federal and state biodiversity obligations by supporting the rehabilitation of threatened brigalow belt country owned by the Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council.

• Victorian unveils building upgrade bill
  
• WA regulator issues draft clearing guideline
  
• Government 'cannot and will not' fund environmental lawyers

Today's NSW Budget allocates $7 million to overhaul biodiversity laws and policies, and $16.9 million to halve assessment time for major projects and improve consultation.

Budget papers reveal the schedule for three environmental reviews and allocate $9 million to better manage coastal climate risks.