A local incorporated environmental group that demonstrates direct and ongoing involvement in a particular local environment through concrete activities — including wildlife surveys, community engagement, breach reporting, and political lobbying — may establish a 'special interest' sufficient for standing to challenge allegedly unlawful logging operations, even though it is not a peak environmental body, was not involved in the design of the regulatory regime, and has not received government recognition. The subject matter of the proceeding for standing purposes should not be confined to the specific regulatory prescription being enforced but should be expressed at the level of compliance with environmental prescriptions governing the relevant operations generally.
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