Australia, Latin America and the Environment

Abstract

Environmental issues have taken centre stage in the globalised world of the 21st century. There is a growing awareness and acceptance of the interconnectedness of nation states, not just at the level of trade, investment and ideas, but also at the level of the shared environmental consequences stemming from the types of development undertaken. Environmental damage in one nation state can directly affect contiguous nation states, as has been observed in the past with events such as acid rain, flooding, and nuclear fallout, but a far greater problem is the global nature of the current environmental crisis as manifested by—