澳大利亚推动环境改革以恢复农田,要求项目通过可衡量的恢复抵消损害。 Australia pushes environmental reforms to restore farmland, requiring projects to offset harm with measurable recovery.

由环境部长Murray Watt领导的澳大利亚政府正在推进对《环境保护和生物多样性保护法》的改革,优先恢复退化的农田,以便在议会任期结束前实现明显的生态恢复。 Australia’s government, led by Environment Minister Murray Watt, is advancing reforms to its Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, prioritizing the restoration of degraded farmland to achieve visible ecological recovery by the end of the parliamentary term. 新框架引入了一项“净收益”原则,要求项目通过可衡量的恢复来抵消环境损害,包括对受损农业用地的恢复,目的是在加强保护与更快地批准可再生能源、采矿和住房之间取得平衡。 The new framework introduces a “net gain” principle requiring projects to offset environmental harm with measurable restoration, including on damaged agricultural land, and aims to balance stronger protections with faster approvals for renewable energy, mining, and housing. 关键要素包括拟议的国家环境保护局、对公司的严格处罚最高达8.25亿美元、对第三方挑战的28天限制,以及部长为了公共利益否决标准以获得参议院支持的权力。 Key elements include a proposed National Environmental Protection Agency, strict penalties up to $825 million for corporations, a 28-day limit on third-party challenges, and a ministerial power to override standards in the public interest to secure Senate support. 虽然改革可望吸引私人对自然修复的投资,但工业团体仍对农场受到的新限制和执行表示关切。 While the reforms are expected to attract private investment in nature repair, industry groups remain concerned about new restrictions and enforcement on farms.