South Australian Draft Biodiversity Bill Submission

The Wentworth Group commends the South Australian Government for recognizing the problems with the current piecemeal approach to environmental protection in South Australia and for committing to developing the State’s first biodiversity legislation. The development of draft biodiversity legislation not only provides an important opportunity to bring South Australia into line with other states and territories, but it also gives opportunity to learn from their mistakes. Thus, while we support South Australia’s development of the Draft Bill, we will use this submission to highlight opportunities to strengthen the Draft Bill and better enable the legislation to deliver on the South Australian Government’s priorities of strengthening protection, enabling greater restoration and improving transparency around decision making.

 

 

 

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Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists