Treaties
As an Act of the Commonwealth (federal) Parliament, it relies for its Constitutional validity upon the legislative powers of the Parliament granted by the Australian Constitution, which does not expressly refer to the environment. As such, key provisions of the EPBC Act are largely based on the following treaties:
- World Heritage Convention – The Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 1975;
- the Ramsar Convention – The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat 1975;
- The Convention on Biological Diversity 1992;
- JAMBA – Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement;
- CAMBA – China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement;
- Bonn Convention – Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals;
- CITES – The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 1976.
Read more about this topic: Environment Protection And Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Famous quotes containing the word treaties:
“There are secret articles in our treaties with the gods, of more importance than all the rest, which the historian can never know.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands.”
—Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915)
“The admission of Oriental immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our people has been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses in our treaties and statutes or of strict administrative regulations secured by diplomatic negotiations. I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immigration without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self-respecting governments.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)