Proceedings of the conference: Defending the Environment

Contents: 1. Defence through the courts: the South East and North East NSW forestry disputes; 2. The Sydney EDO: past experience and future challenges; 3. Knowledge and information as power in the international defence of the environment: the Environmental Law Alliance World-wide (E-LAW); 4. The second All-Asia Public Interest Environmental Law Conference; 5. The role of the community in the introduction and implementation of wilderness legislation in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia; 6. Public participation in environmental policy: reality rhetoric? 7. Enforcing standards of environmental impact assessment; 8. The enforcement of environment protection legislation; 9.Directors, managers and environmental due diligence; 10.Community consultation as dispute resolution: them or us, weak or strong, conservative or creative? 11.Public participation in federal government inquiries; 12.Dealing with S.L.A.P.P. suits; 13.The Commission on Sustainable Development: an evaluationn 14.Defending the environment through international law: enforcing international environmental obligations; 15.Implementation and enforcement of the protected land provisions of the NSW Soil Conservation Act 1938; 16.Mabo, native title and the environment: an outline of issues; 17.Lake Eyre Basin World Heritage proposal; 18.Defending the environment: the role of the courts;