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unusual facts about Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999


Eucalyptus rhodantha

rhodantha is currently listed as Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant) under Western Australia's Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 and as "vulnerable" under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.


Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices

Several major Australian NGOs, including ANEDO and the Australian Conservation Foundation, have been lobbying has for some years for the inclusion of global warming as a matter of national environmental significance in Australia's main environmental protection legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.


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Environmental Defender's Office NSW

EDO acted for Humane Society International and sought a declaration that Kyodo breached the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 by whaling in the Australian Whale Sanctuary adjacent to Antarctica and an injunction to prevent the killing of whales in this area.