Welcome
The state of Tasmania's environment is important to the health & safety of all Tasmanians. We aim to ensure that our environment is clean and healthy by protecting our air, water, soil and ecosystems, and by avoiding and remedying adverse effects of activities on the environment. Sustainable business practices are also important to maintaining Tasmania's healthy environment as is balancing environmental protection with social and economic development.
We look after these important aspects of managing the Tasmanian natural environment:
See What’s New for an outline of current activity and recently released publications.
See Public Comments Invited for the list of documents the Division is currently seeking feedback on.
Includes a number of national and state policies, legislation, initiatives to protect the environment of Tasmania and remediation programs.
The Environment Division is working to address air, noise and water pollution issues.
Reusing, reprocessing and recycling materials which would otherwise go to waste.
The Environment Division is responsible for the environmental assessment of new level 2 activities on behalf of the EPA Board.
Details of prosecutions, infringement notices and environment protection notices.
The management of contaminated land, including groundwater, in Tasmania, is shared by the Environment Division and local Councils.
Coastal and Marine web pages are currently being reviewed.
Effectively lodging a complaint and reporting an incident involves knowing which Agency is responsible for dealing with particular matters.