Other environmental laws

Contributed by Jean-Pierre Clement and Golnar Nabizadeh and current to 1 September 2005

It has not been possible in this chapter to consider all environment laws applying in Western Australia. This includes laws relating to mining, water use, land degradation, pastoral land management, State forests, fishing and marine conservation and greenhouse gas emissions.

For information on these laws, refer to the Environmental Defender’s Office website, which provides a useful series of fact sheets relevant to environmental law in Western Australia. The website is www.edowa.org.au