State legislation

• Conservation and Land Management Act 1984
• Environmental Protection Act 1986
• National Environmental Protection Council (Western Australia) Act 1996
• Wildlife Conservation Act 1950
• Proposed Biodiversity Conservation Act

Commonwealth legislation

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
• National Environmental Protection Council Act 1994
• National Environmental Protection Measures (Implementation) Act 1998

Statement of Planning Policy (State)

• 2 Environment and Natural Resources Policy (2003)
• 2.8 Bushland Policy for the Perth Metropolitan Region (2010)

Other policies, strategies, initiatives and conventions

• A 100-year Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Western Australia (2006 Draft)
• Australia's Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010-2030
• National Framework for the Management and Monitoring of Australia's Native Vegetation (1999)
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention)
• Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy: 2001-2005
• Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Convention)

Useful links

• Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
• Western Australian Government Department of Environment and Conservation