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The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places. Enacted on 17 July 2000, it established a range of processes to help protect and promote the recovery of threatened species and ecological communities, and preserve significant places from decline. The EPBC Act established the use of Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations, which have provided for the issuing of approvals and permits for a range of activities on Commonwealth land and land affecting the Commonwealth. For example, commercial picking of wildflowers is regulated under the EPBC Act, and cannot be undertaken without an appropriate permit. Failure to comply with the Act can result in penalties including remediation of damage, court injunctions, and criminal and civil penalties. The Act is administered by the Department of the Environment.〔Australian Government, Department of the Environment: http://australia.gov.au/directories/australia/environment, Retrieved 20 February 2014〕 On 16 October 2013 the Environment Minister announced that the Government had approved a framework for a "one stop shop" environmental approval process to accredit state planning systems under national environmental law, to create a single environmental assessment and approval process for nationally protected matters.〔"'One stop shop' for environmental approvals", Australian Government, Department of the Environment: http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/about-us/legislation/environment-protection-and-biodiversity-conservation-act-1999/one-stop, Retrieved on 20 February 2014〕 The Act identifies seven matters of national environmental significance: * World Heritage properties * National heritage places including overseas places of historic significance * Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar wetlands) * Threatened species and ecological communities * Migratory species * Commonwealth marine areas * Nuclear actions (including uranium mining & building of nuclear waste repositories) Lists of threatened species are drawn up under the act, for instance Threatened fauna of Australia, and these lists are the primary reference to threatened species in Australia. ==Treaties== As an Act of the Commonwealth (federal) Parliament, it relies for its Constitutional validity upon the legislative powers of the Parliament granted by the Australian Constitution, which does not expressly refer to the environment. As such, key provisions of the EPBC Act are largely based on the following treaties: *World Heritage Convention – The Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 1975; *the Ramsar Convention – The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat 1975; *the Convention on Biological Diversity 1992; *JAMBA – Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement; *CAMBA – China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement; *Bonn Convention – Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals; *CITES – The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 1976. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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