The Queensland Rainforest and Wetlands Conflict: Australia's External Affairs Power - Domestic Control and International Conservation Auteur Edmonds T.H. Périodique/Collection Environmental Law | Vol. 20, no 2; 387 - 413; 27 p. Date 1990 Source IUCN (ID: ANA-044364) Éditeur | Lieu de publication Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR, USA Langue Anglais Pays/Territoire Australie, Australie Sujet Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes, Terre et sols Mot clé Institution Forêts pluviales Coupe de bois/exploitation forestière Forêts tropicales Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Zones humides Planification territoriale Aire protégée Résumé This comment explores a unique exercise of environmental protective power by the federal government of Australia, which saves one of the world's oldest rainforest and wetlands regions from further timber cutting. The author highlights a state versus federal clash over environmental power and the Australian High Court decisions that have affirmed federal control under the Constitution 's external affairs power