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To purchase an article, please email: LTA.Service@thomsonreuters.com<\/a> or contact us on 1300 304 195 (Australian customers) or +61 2 9171 9769 (international customers) during business hours (Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm AST).<\/p>\n The latest issue of the Environmental and Planning Law Journal<\/em> (Volume 41 Part 6) contains the following material:<\/p>\n Beating the Shell Game: Regulating the Vexing Issue of Polymers <\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u2013 Gerry Nagtzaam and Elena Karataeva<\/p>\n One class of man-made chemicals that is of a particular concern due to their omnipresence in the environment are man-made polymers and their impact. This article seeks to rectify the current analytical lacunae of polymer regulation which remains comparatively unexamined and undertheorised. It will do so by first considering the problem of defining polymers from a regulatory standpoint. It then provides an overview of the environmental and health issues associated with our overreliance on polymers. It then considers the current lack of research and data on polymers and the implications from a regulatory perspective and asks whether there is currently a uniform approach to identification of polymers. The article then critically examines the problem of competing definitions of the term. The article then looks at four jurisdictions: the European Union, the United States, China and Australia, outlining their approaches to the issue and seeking to generate insights into how to improve regulatory approaches. It then details concerns around the potential harmonisation of polymer regulation at the global level. Lastly, the article considers how best to revise and improve the current regulatory frameworks overseeing polymers.<\/p>\n Ruling Nature: The Promethean Underpinnings of the Constitution <\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u2013 Costa Avgoustinos<\/p>\n \u201cPrometheanism\u201d is the belief that humans must dominate and reshape nature as its master. This article examines how this environmental perspective informed the drafting of Australia\u2019s Constitution<\/em>. To begin, Prometheanism became normalised in Britain over centuries. By the time of the Constitution<\/em>\u2019s creation, it was deeply ingrained in colonial Australian law and policy. The framers, therefore, incorporated Promethean ideas into the Constitution <\/em>without much critical thought. Prometheanism, however, is not a neutral environmental position. It conflicts with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people\u2019s traditional views of nature and sits uncomfortably with the sensitivities to nature needed to address climate change and other emerging ecological crises. For these reasons, while my focus is providing a historical account of how Promethean assumptions animate the Constitution<\/em>, this article concludes with an assessment of how the constitutional entrenchment of these assumptions impact First Nations people and the environment today.<\/p>\n Remote Sensing and AI Technologies for Biodiversity Conservation <\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u2013 Brian J Preston and Paul Adam<\/p>\n The conservation of biological diversity is dependent upon the availability of reliable, current and accessible data. Remote sensing technologies, which can identify, measure and analyse objects, areas and phenomena in the environment, human activities in the environment and the impacts of human activities on the environment, are increasingly being relied upon to obtain this data. The analysis of the large data sets produced by remote sensing technologies is also now commonly undertaken by artificial intelligence (AI). When paired together, remote sensing and AI generate a powerful means of producing readily accessible data for making informed and useful biodiversity conservation decisions. This article maps the most commonly used remote sensing and AI technologies and how these technologies have been used in biodiversity conservation. The article considers how such technologies are used in evidence in court proceedings and assesses potential issues relating to the reliability and authenticity of remote sensing data.<\/p>\n For the PDF version of the table of contents, click here: New Westlaw Australia – EPLJ Vol 41 No 6 Contents<\/a><\/p>\n Click here to access this Part on New Westlaw AU<\/a><\/p>\nArticles<\/h3>\n