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Lost in time: the missing temporality of environmental law
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Richardson, BJ and Butterly, L, Lost in time: the missing temporality of environmental law, Australian Environment Review, 30, (8) pp. 182-186. ISSN 1035-137X (2016) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Historic environmental damage impedes moving society towards sustainable development, yet Australian environmental law is curiously almost silent on the need to repair such historic losses. They are, from a legal perspective, essentially lost in time. Our laws are preoccupied with managing current and future impacts, with any attention given to remediation of past impacts largely confined to small, discrete areas associated with rehabilitation obligations at former mines or quarries and clean up of contamination obligations at brownfield sites. The much larger challenge of restoring entire ecosystems or landscapes is neglected.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | historic environmental damage, Australian environmental law, ecosystem restoration |
| Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
| Research Group: | Environmental and resources law |
| Research Field: | Environmental law |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in law and legal studies |
| UTAS Author: | Richardson, BJ (Professor Benjamin Richardson) |
| ID Code: | 107640 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Deposited By: | Ecology and Biodiversity |
| Deposited On: | 2016-03-21 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-04-11 |
| Downloads: | 1 View Download Statistics |
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