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Environmental law reform needed to manage trade of Australia’s threatened marine species

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: npj Ocean Sustainability

DOI: 10.1038/s44183-024-00085-3

Authors: Rosa Mar Dominguez-Martinez, Leslie Roberson, Jessica Gephart, Chris Wilcox, Glenn Sant, Carissa Klein

Institutions: The University of Queensland, University of Washington, University of Tasmania, Centre for Marine Socioecology

Language: English

Topic: Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life below water, Life on land

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,990