Editing Conservation in Australia (section)

==Legal framework==
Conservation of the natural environment in Australia is derived from five different sources of law, namely international law, federal law, State law and local government law as well as the application of the common law.

===International environmental law===
International agreements that affect conservation policy in Australia.

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!Entry in force
!Title, date, place of agreement
|-
|1948
|[[International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling]], 1946, Washington
|-
|1961
|[[Antarctic Treaty]], 1959, Washington
|-
|1975
|[[Ramsar Convention|Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat]], 1971, Ramsar
|-
|1975
|Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972, Paris
|-
|1975
|[[Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora]] (CITES), 1973, Washington
|-
|1982
|Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources, 1980, Canberra
|-
|1983
|Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979, Bonn
|-
|1985
|International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983, Geneva
|-
|1993
|[[Convention on Biological Diversity]], 1992, Rio de Janeiro, leading to Australia's [[Biodiversity Action Plan]]
|-
|1993
|[[United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification]] in those Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa, 1994, Paris
|-
|1994
| [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]], 1982, Montego Bay
|-
|1994
|[[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]], 1992, New York
|}

===Federal law===
The primary federal law is the [[Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999]] (Cth), usually referred to as the EPBC Act.<ref name="pcia"/>