Organisations have expressed growing interest in market-based instruments for environmentally sustainable development, however, while states generally support their use, serious problems arise with specific schemes. Our study explores the underlying factors that shape government responses to certification schemes in the forestry and fisheries sectors, thereby providing practical policy advice to ensure state institutions support rather than sabotage environmentally sustainable development. Read More....
The introduction of new quarantine disciplines with the World Trade Organisation agreements has given rise to tensions within the Australian Federation over the relationship between state and national quarantine measures. This project will review critically these developments in order to better understand and improve the process of risk assessment which is increasingly important afterthe Salmaon case. It is funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant. Read More....
This project aims to assess the effectiveness of relevant international and regional instruments and regimes, given domestic effect in Australia through national legislation and policy and identify gaps/strengths/weaknesses in these regimes. A key question is the relationship between the LOSC and the Antarctic Treaty System. The question of the relationship between these instruments and how this relationship affects other regimes that cover the Southern Ocean will be explored.
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