Introduction Over the past few years, environmental law has been through lots of changes and attempts for better outcomes across the world. Its improvement is not just for ongoing exploitation of environment by human beings, but for balancing between development and protection of the environment for symbiosis between humans and nature. To prove that, this paper will discuss few aspects in Australian environmental law, that is deeply based on ecologically sustainable development (ESD). It will also discuss about fairly new approaches in environmental law, giving a standing for nature objectives suggested by Stone and a guardianship. ESD in Australia Australian environmental law courts have adopted an approach of the principle of ESD. The implementation …show more content…
It also has published SPP to achieve community’s satisfaction as well as conversation on the environment. These examples prove that environmental law in Australia is consistent with the principle of ESD, and it is obviously taking a higher level of approach than simply legitimating the exploitation. Australia’s water-use policy: Murray-Darling Basin Plan The current Australia’s water resource management systems focus on “sustainability and protection and restoration of ecosystem”. The most noticeable policy for the systems is the Murray-Darling Basin Plan purposing to balance needs of the environment, people and industry around the Basin area. The significance of the Plan is the ‘environmentally sustainable limits’ on water uses set by Murray-Darling Basin Authority for ESD. By setting the limits, surface and ground water are managed, and, therefore, the flow, quality and use of the water affected by any development are under control of the Plan. In addition, the Plan manages the volume of the water for the benefit of the environment by Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder. Its function is to protect and to restore the environment assets for efficient water infrastructure in the