by Sam Sweeney | Nov 30, 2022 | Biodiversity, Nature
Environmental Justice Australia made a submission to the Northern Territory Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security on its draft biodiversity offset policy. The Territory Government intends the biodiversity offset policy to allow for compensation of...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Jul 22, 2022 | Nature, Rivers and waterways
The Concerned Waterways Alliance (CWA) has made a submission to the Greater Melbourne Urban Water and Supply Strategy, Water Is Life. Read the submission here. The CWA is a network of community and environment groups from Gippsland to the Otways, including...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Jul 19, 2022 | Cultural flows, First Nations
First Nationals control over and access to Country is fundamental to First Nations justice. EJA made a submission on the Victorian government’s Draft Roadmap on Aboriginal access to Water. The draft roadmap, due to be released in late 2022, is the Victorian...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Jul 1, 2022 | Nature, Rivers and waterways
The Victorian Government is preparing a Sustainable Water Strategy (SWS) for the Central and Gippsland region of Victoria, south of the Great Dividing Range. Our latest report Tackling our water crisis – how sustainable is the government’s strategy for southern...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Jun 18, 2022 | Cultural flows, First Nations, Indigenous rights
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is the leading international legal instrument governing the rights of Indigenous peoples. Australia endorsed the Declaration in 2009, after initial resistance, but has made limited progress in...
