Unit Catalogue

Students who undertake this unit will develop their knowledge and understanding of how environmental policies have developed in Australia and internationally. The unit will demonstrate how this development impacts current priorities and decision making. Topics investigated in this unit include the environmental policy cycle, the role of different stakeholders in the decision-making landscape, and policy drivers impacting on management of land, water and biodiversity. National and international policy developments and their implications will be reviewed and explored with case studies through a policy cycle lens, including sustainable development, climate change and carbon policies, agricultural policy, threatened species conservation, protected areas, fisheries, marine and water policy and impact assessment. Policy successes and failure are also considered.