The Blue Carbon Conservation, Restoration and Accounting Program will help pave the way for scaling up investment in coastal blue carbon ecosystems, support management decisions, and contribute to ...

The following information is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) to clarify its position regarding the purpose of the List of Specimens taken to be ...

Map of threatened ecological communities in NSW and the ACT (Map 1 of 2) The map below shows areas in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory where threatened ecological communities may ...

What is the EPBC Act? The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) is the Australian Government's central piece of environmental legislation. The EPBC Act provides ...

The 2018 National Waste Policy provides a framework for collective action by businesses, governments, communities and individuals until 2030. The policy identifies five overarching principles ...

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, April 2025. See how our department is structured. This includes our divisions, agencies and statutory office holders.

You are invited to submit your views on whether a threat abatement plan is needed for the above key threatening processes in accordance with provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity ...

Understanding and documenting ecological character is central to maintaining and protecting the values of internationally and nationally important wetlands. As part of the Ramsar Convention, ...

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention) was signed in Ramsar, Iran on 2 February 1971. The Ramsar Convention aims to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to ...

We need to focus our efforts if we are to bring our threatened animals and plants back from the brink. The Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy identifies tackling feral cats as its top ...

The Australian Government has responded to the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry on National Water Reform. More information on the inquiry is available on the Productivity Commission’s web site. The ...

Australian Government submissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. Our department publishes a series of comprehensive reports and databases that ...