Insufficient environmental legislation

Much established law relating to land use practices applies only to owners and occupiers of the land.

1. By 1996, the Canadian government had weakened its department of Environmental Affairs, was abandoning environmental science programmes and important environmental standards, such as those in the Fisheries Act.

2. In 1994, there were calls to reform Australian environmental law, because Australia had too many conflicting laws that had been formulated in a piecemeal fashion, causing ineffective, confused and tardy implementation. The problems are worsened by the involvement of three levels of government with unclear environmental responsibilities.

1. Proliferation of legislation
2. Neglect of environmental consequences of government policies
3. Inadequate laws
4. Fragmented social structures for environmental protection
5. Complex government regulations

1. Lack of environmental accountability
2. Inadequate legislation against environmental pollution
3. Inadequate enforcement of environmental regulations
4. Environmental rollbacks
5. Defective development planning

1. Undeveloped recreation space
2. Reduced images of environmental protection
3. Disposal of packaging waste
4. Deforestation
5. Criminal offences against the environment

1. Failure of green politics

1. Restrictive environmental policies

1. Untested efficacy of environmental policy

1. Rolling back environmental legislation
2. Regulating environmental protection
3. Recycling materials
4. Recycling industrial wastes
5. Facilitating public access to justice in environmental matters
6. Extending producer responsibility
7. Determining environmental liability
8. Campaigning about biodiversity issues

1. Protection
2. Overprotectiveness
3. Lawfulness
4. Insufficiency
5. Flaw