Environment Law

Legislation and case law

Legislation

• Laws and Treaties from the Ministry for the Environment
• LegislationNZ
• New Zealand Legislation - NZ Acts, Bills and Regulations are available free, and downloadable

Case law

• Environment Court te Kooti Taiao o Aotearoa
• Recent decisions through RMA-net - access for University of Waikato students to this part of RMA-net is free only between the hours of 7.00pm and 9.00pm; contact Law Library staff for a user ID and password

Treaties, Protocols, Conventions, Agreements, etc.

• A list of environmental agreements is available on University of Oregon's IEA database, and also on Wikipedia
• Oceans and Law of the Sea from the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, includes the Convention and related Agreements
• ENTRI: Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators includes a Treaty Locator database

Government and organisations

• Centre for Resource Management Studies
• Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
• Environmental Defence Society
• Environmental Risk Management Authority  Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao
• Local Government Online
• Ministry for the Environment  Manatū Mo Te Taiao
• New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law
• Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata
• Resource Management Law Association of New Zealand

Commentary

• Environmental issues - Ministry for the Environment
• Resource Management Journal
• RMA-net - while the recent decisions section of this website has restricted access,  there is unrestricted access to information on regional policy statements, and regional and district plans.

Māori environment and natural resources

• Crown Forestry Rental Trust  Ngā Kaitiaki Rēti Ngahere Karauna
• Māori Customary Fisheries
• Māori Land Court Te Kooti Whenua Māori
• Māori land information 
• Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao
• Nga Whenua Rahui

Other jurisdictions

Global

• Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) - see their Publications page
• Center for Earth Jurisprudence
• International Environmental Agreements database
• United Nations Environment Program
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Australia

• Environmental law internet resources - Australian Parliamentary Library

Canada

• Canadian Environmental Law
• Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
• CCME - Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
• Environment Canada
• Environmental Law Centre

Europe

• European Commission - Environment
• European Environment Agency
• European Environmental Law - includes relevant legislation and case law
• EU environment legislation and EU environment legislative summaries

United Kingdom

• UCL Carbon Capture Legal Programme - University College of London
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
• Environment Agency
• Forestry Commission

United States

• Environmental Law Institute
• EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency, includes Regulations by topic, and updates on the latest criminal, civil and cleanup enformcement programs