Whether Environment Laws Can Stop Extinction Examined

Published on March 30, 2024

Concerns that environmental laws lack transparency and adequate ambition will be put under the microscope at hearings into extinction in Australia in April.  Consultations for reforms to environmental and biodiversity protection laws have been secretive and stakeholders gagged as well as lacking in ambition, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said. Climate change and the destruction of habitats were the biggest risks to local wildlife, she said. “The Albanese government went to the election promising to fix Australia’s broken environment laws, but almost two years in we are yet to see any progress,” Ms. Hanson-Young said. “Closed-door consultations only silence experts and stifle ambition, this will not solve our extinction crisis.”...

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