Environmental Defenders Office

@EDOLawyers@climatejustice.global
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We are the largest environmental legal centre in the Australia-Pacific, dedicated to creating a world where nature thrives.
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Show threadEnvironmental Defenders OfficeMar 8, 2023

Science and Expert Advisory Director, Dr Sharyn Goldstien, shares how knowledge sharing among women paved her way to EDO.

“During my time as an academic, the guiding light from senior women academics was essential to the experience of emerging women academics.”

Read more: https://www.edo.org.au/2023/03/07/iwd2023-celebrating-women-sharing-their-knowledge-for-climate-wildlife-and-country%ef%bf%bc/

IWD2023: Celebrating women sharing their knowledge for climate, wildlife and Country - Environmental Defenders Office

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate an incredible, diverse group of women who share their knowledge to  drive innovative legal and scientific solutions to protect climate, wildlife and Countries in the Australia-Pacific region. EDO relies on its ability to bring the strongest legal arguments and most robust science into court rooms, committee rooms and board [...]Read More...

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Show threadEnvironmental Defenders OfficeMar 8, 2023

Freda Kanek Talao, Managing Lawyer Pasifika Program, shares her experience of female support and how it has shaped her career.

“My journey to date both personally and professionally has been very strongly influenced by wonderful and powerful women.”

📸1️⃣ - Freda (centre in red dress) with her Mama Sheila and family

Read more: https://www.edo.org.au/2023/03/07/iwd2023-celebrating-women-sharing-their-knowledge-for-climate-wildlife-and-country%ef%bf%bc/

IWD2023: Celebrating women sharing their knowledge for climate, wildlife and Country - Environmental Defenders Office

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate an incredible, diverse group of women who share their knowledge to  drive innovative legal and scientific solutions to protect climate, wildlife and Countries in the Australia-Pacific region. EDO relies on its ability to bring the strongest legal arguments and most robust science into court rooms, committee rooms and board [...]Read More...

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Show threadEnvironmental Defenders OfficeMar 8, 2023

On our blog today are two stories from two of our women leaders - Freda Kanek Talao, the Managing Lawyer of our Pasifika Program, and Dr Sharyn Goldstien, the Director of our Science and Expert Advisory Team.

Read them here: https://www.edo.org.au/2023/03/07/iwd2023-celebrating-women-sharing-their-knowledge-for-climate-wildlife-and-country%ef%bf%bc/

IWD2023: Celebrating women sharing their knowledge for climate, wildlife and Country - Environmental Defenders Office

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate an incredible, diverse group of women who share their knowledge to  drive innovative legal and scientific solutions to protect climate, wildlife and Countries in the Australia-Pacific region. EDO relies on its ability to bring the strongest legal arguments and most robust science into court rooms, committee rooms and board [...]Read More...

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Show threadEnvironmental Defenders OfficeMar 8, 2023

The women of EDO represent diverse backgrounds, knowledge systems and lived experiences.

Whether it’s living with disability or belonging to a First Nations or global majority community, their wisdoms enrich our work and make us better equipped to tackle climate change and extinction.

Show threadEnvironmental Defenders OfficeMar 8, 2023

242 women have recently worked with EDO on independent advice, expert opinion, or evidence for the courts, covering 77 different fields of expertise.

But it’s not just the formal knowledge of western law and science that’s valuable in our work.

Show threadEnvironmental Defenders OfficeMar 8, 2023

We rely on our ability to bring the strongest legal arguments and most robust science into court rooms, committee rooms and board rooms.

We're fortunate to share in knowledge from dozens of women who act for our clients as EDO lawyers or appear as independent experts in our cases.

Environmental Defenders OfficeMar 8, 2023

Today on #IWD2023, we’re celebrating the incredible, diverse group of women who share their knowledge to drive innovative legal and scientific solutions to protect climate, wildlife and Countries in the Australia-Pacific region.

🧵⬇ #InternationalWomensDay

https://www.edo.org.au/2023/03/07/iwd2023-celebrating-women-sharing-their-knowledge-for-climate-wildlife-and-country%ef%bf%bc/

IWD2023: Celebrating women sharing their knowledge for climate, wildlife and Country - Environmental Defenders Office

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate an incredible, diverse group of women who share their knowledge to  drive innovative legal and scientific solutions to protect climate, wildlife and Countries in the Australia-Pacific region. EDO relies on its ability to bring the strongest legal arguments and most robust science into court rooms, committee rooms and board [...]Read More...

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Show threadEnvironmental Defenders OfficeMar 6, 2023
“The court’s decision poses questions about the accountability of the EPA Director when large industries, like mining and salmon farming, seek variation of permit conditions, even when those conditions are imposed as a result of community input and following a decision by the state’s planning tribunal. This is clearly unacceptable,” EDO Manager Lawyer (Tasmania) Claire Bookless said.
Show threadEnvironmental Defenders OfficeMar 6, 2023
“This is a very poor outcome for our iconic devils and raises serious questions about the standard of environmental regulation in Tasmania. If our environment and planning laws cannot protect our most vulnerable species, they are not fit for purpose,” Tarkine National Coalition Campaign Coordinator Scott Jordan said
Environmental Defenders OfficeMar 6, 2023

The Supreme Court’s decision to let a mining company truck ore at night through a significant Tasmanian devil population could pose a significant new risk to the endangered species and highlights the need to reform the state’s environment and planning laws.

Read more: https://www.edo.org.au/2023/03/06/supreme-court-ruling-a-blow-to-tasmanias-endangered-devils/

Supreme Court ruling a blow to Tasmania’s endangered devils - Environmental Defenders Office

The Supreme Court’s decision to let a mining company truck ore at night through a significant Tasmanian devil population could pose a significant new risk to the endangered species and highlights the need to reform the state’s environment and planning laws. [1]  Tarkine National Coalition (TNC) Campaign Coordinator Scott Jordan said: “We are very disappointed by this [...]Read More...

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