Environmental law reform needed to manage trade of Australia’s threatened marine species
Australia is reforming its ineffective Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, which currently allows the export of four threatened species listed under the Act along with additional species recognized as globally threatened. We propose three recommendations for the new legislation: (1) apply the same precautions to commercially harvested species as other threatened species; (2) mandate annual reviews of threatened species status; and (3) assess species listed on global conservation conventions.
Authors
- Carissa J. Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6299-6451)
- Jessica A. Gephart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6836-9291)
- Chris Wilcox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-657X)
- Leslie Roberson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7490-0795)
- Glenn Sant
- Rosa Mar Dominguez‐Martinez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3167-3892)
Institutions
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of Washington (US)
- Centre for Marine Socioecology (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Ocean Sustainability
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00085-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.71
Funders
- National Science Foundation