An ARC Linkage project examining treaty and agreement-making with Indigenous Australians and the nature of the cultural, social and legal rights encompassed by past, present and potential agreements and treaties. The project also examines the process of implementation and the wider factors that promote long term sustainability of agreement outcomes.
Law
9 resources found
Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project
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Centre for Health and Society, University of Melbourne
Reference material
Article 13 - The Responsible Business Experts
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Article 13
Case study, Networks, Reference material, Workshops & seminars
A site focused on risk management for business organisations with a focus on corporate social responsibility, sustainable development and governance. The site has a comprehensive list of case studies and details of workshops exploring such issues as social impact, green learning and responsible business.
Article on Committee Chair, Peter Leon and the Mining Law Committee in African Power, Mining and Oil Review, second quarter 2009
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International Bar Association
Reference material
The document recommends a best practice regulatory model for the international mining industry and describes the connection of the project to security of tenure, a need for such model in Africa as well as to the sustainability of the industry.
Centre for Climate Law and Policy
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ANU College of Law
Networks, Reference material
This institute, one of a number within the ANU's Australian Centre for Environmental Law, provides information on its website about current research projects and recent publications in the area of climate change and law. There are also links to other national institutes at ANU for other disciplines.
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
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Australian Government
Activity, Case study, Reference material, Toolbox
The Australian Governments approach to climate change. The site contains background information on the issue, details of government incentives, policies and programmes related to climate change as well as useful tools, resources and links about the issue.
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
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Australian Government
Networks, Reference material
An extensive searchable database of publications, information, resources, statistics, strategies, policies on the Australian environment. Materials are easy to search and arranged by sub-topics such as 'biodiversity' and 'water'.
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Conservation Tools
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IUCN
Case study, Reference material, Toolbox
Contains a wealth of tools to support conservation action as well as access to many global databases containing up to date information about species protection, habitat management and ecosystem conservation. The conservation education and awareness raising section contains action planning and group facilitation guides and communication, education and awareness strategies for coordinators of biodiversity initiatives.
Lawyers as Leaders: The Essential Role of Legal Counsel in the Corporate Sustainability Agenda.
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International Bar Association
Multimedia
Site promotes increasing awareness of legal issues related to corporate sustainability including a video training manual on human rights.
Learning and teaching in the discipline of Law: Achieving and sustaining excellence in a changed and changing environment
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Flinders University SA in association with the Council of Australian Law Deans
Activity, Assessment, Reference material
This project report focuses on how to facilitate legal education that is more focused and responsive to the needs of the workplace and law students . It covers a wide range of issues such as assessment, teaching materials and relevance of course content.