The Victorian Goldfields have been added to Australia’s World Tentative List. This is the first step in the World nomination ...

In December, the Australian Council (AHC) held its final meeting for 2024. Following the meeting, the AHC visited the World ...

The Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) and CSIRO are trialling energy ratings for existing homes.Eligible ...

CAWI is looking for new members from Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. This is an exciting opportunity to advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ inland water rights ...

We are investing $4.9 million to support community projects to protect key habitats, ecosystems and species on the Great ...

This Sunday 2 February is World Wetlands Day.This year's theme is 'Protecting Wetlands for our Common Future'. It reminds us ...

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is Australia's main environmental law. It gives us a legal framework to protect and manage unique plants, animals, habitats ...

Australia is protecting and conserving this World Heritage Area.

We've listed plain language explanations for some terms that we use frequently across our website. You'll also find some of these terms defined or used in relevant legislation. Terms with a specific ...

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Narran Lakes (Dharriwaa) is an internationally important wetland system in northern New South Wales. Vegetation is a significant part of the wetland system. Vegetation communities support many ...

Product stewardship means managing products' effects on the environment and health. Product stewardship schemes manage a product's lifecycle impacts. These schemes can be: industry-led voluntary ...