Ecopolitics XVI Conference
Held 4-6 July 2005, Griffith University, Nathan campus
Environmental governance has come a long way since the green movement helped put environmental issues on the social and political agenda. There has certainly been an accelerating appreciation of the urgency of many environmental problems and, in response, the last 30 years has seen an enormous growth in institutional capacity for environmental governance. There has also been an increasing awareness of the link between environmental and social degradation – catapulting environmental justice centre stage in environmental governance debates in the 21st century. Yet there is a danger in letting our guard down. At a time when many believe the environmental ‘problem’ is being adequately addressed by governments in particular, it is important to refocus our attention on how best to transform 21st century environmental governance so that it is more responsive to both nature and culture and to the intersection between the two.
The Ecopolitics XVI organisers are proud to support the Gunns 20 in the interests of freedom of speech and environmental democracy. For details of this lawsuit by one of the world's biggest woodchip corporations against Australian environmentalists, visit:
http://www.gunns20.org