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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