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Case study 2.2: Environmental notions and legal regulation: non-point source pollution (p. 50)
Legal:
For a legal perspective on diffuse land-based pollution of the Great Barrier Reef, see Peter Wulf, ‘Diffuse Land-based Pollution and the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: the Commonwealth’s Responsibilities and Implications for the Queensland Sugar Industry’ (2004) 21(6) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 424.
For information on the Nathan Dam case, see DE Fisher, ‘The Meaning of Impacts – the Nathan Dam Case on Appeal’ (2004) 21(5) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 325.
Policy:
For an introduction to point source and non-point source pollution, see the website of the Victorian Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.vic.gov.au), in the ‘Threats to Victoria’s Water Environment’ section. See also Neil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair, ‘Non-point pollution, voluntarism and policy failure: lessons for the Swan-Canning’ (2004) 21(2) Environmental and Planning Law Journal 93.
For more environmental information on the Great Barrier Reef, see the website of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and particularly the section on ‘Water Quality and Coastal Development’: http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/. See also the Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009 at http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/, particularly Ch 5.4 on catchment run-off. See James Woodford, ‘Great Barrier Reef?’ (2004) 76 Australian Geographic 36 for a useful introduction to environmental challenges facing the Reef.
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