Preface / About the authors / Abbreviations / Table of Cases / Table of Statutes Overview of Environmental Law in Australia The common law: an inadequate source of environmental lawLegislation: the primary source of environmental lawMajor influences on the development of Australian environmental lawCourts and tribunals Land Use Planning Issues in planning controlPlanning under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Development Control Requirement for development consentDevelopment applicationsCertification of developmentAppeals and review Environmental Assessment Section 1: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW)Section 2: Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Energy Law and Global Climate Change Global climate changeInternational instruments on global climate changeAustralia's climate change and energy profileResponse of the Australian government to global climate changeCOAG responses to global climate changeState government co-operation on energy and climate changeNew South Wales initiatives on energy and climate change Water The world water crisisInternational initiatives on waterAustralia's water resourcesThe National Water InitiativeThe Murray-Darling BasinThe New South Wales Water Management Act 2000The supply of water in New South WalesUrban water reform and new investment opportunities in NSW Integrated Natural Resource Management Key natural resource management challengesCommonwealth involvement in natural resource managementCo-operative federalism and natural resource managementThe new Integrated Natural Resource Management regime in New South WalesConserving native vegetationCoastal zone protection Conserving Biodiversity IntroductionThe Convention on Biological DiversityStatus of Australia's biodiversityConserving biodiversity outside protected areas under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)Conserving biodiversity outside protected areas in New South WalesAssessing the risk of genetically modified organisms to Australia's biodiversity Protected Areas IUCN CategoriesCommonwealth protected areasNew South Wales protected areas Heritage What is heritage?Categories of heritage significanceRegulatory regimes in New South WalesHeritage objectsIndigenous heritageConclusion Pollution IntroductionCommonwealth responsibilities for national environment protection measuresProtection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW)Marine pollution Waste, Chemicals, Contaminated Land and Dangerous Goods WasteCommonwealth regulation of wasteChemicalsPesticidesContaminated sitesDangerous goodsRadiation control Corporate Social Responsibility What is Corporate Social Responsibility?Impetus for CSRLeading organisations involved in CSRCase studies on CSRCSR in AustraliaCritiques of CSRConclustions about CSR Index.