The federal government and Greens struck a landmark deal to rewrite the decades-old Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC), creating the country's first independent environmental regulator, tightening protections for forests and land-clearing, limiting fast-track approvals for coal and gas, and setting national standards—marking the biggest environmental reform in decades.
(c) James Wainscoat
(c) James Wainscoat

Australien startet umfassende Umweltrechtsreform nach Jahrzehnten des Stillstands

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Regierung und Grüne haben sich auf eine Neufassung des veralteten Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) geeinigt. Eine unabhängige Umweltbehörde, strengere Regeln für Waldschutz und Landrodung, ein Ende der Schnellgenehmigungen für Kohle und Gas und verbindliche nationale Umweltstandards sind geplant.

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