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Latest newsletters
View the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update newsletters from the past 3 months below.
Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 48
Download BOS Update No. 48 – 9 June 2026 (PDF 1.1MB).
General scheme updates
- BOS Portal launched on 1 June
- Public consultation on the draft regulation
- Vegetation and habitat mapping in the south-west of New South Wales
- Remote assessment can now be used for strategic biodiversity certification
- New hollow-dependent birds BAM survey guideline
- Changes to the SAII list
- Strategic offset delivery agreements
- Supply Fund reverse auction
- Spot checks on offset delivery
- Accredited assessors, training and feedback
Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 47
Download BOS Update No. 47 – 12 May 2026 (PDF 1.1MB).
General scheme updates
- BOS Portal go-live
- Revised guidance on Serious and Irreversible Impacts
- Tax rulings for biodiversity stewardship agreements
- Supply Fund reverse auction now closed
- Upcoming accredited assessor training courses
- Auditing under the accreditation scheme
- Assessor complaint and feedback management
- TBDC and BAM-C data update
- Biodiversity values map update
- Updates to the Biodiversity Conservation Fund
Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 46
Download BOS Update No. 46 – 1 April 2026 (PDF 1MB).
General scheme updates
- Biodiversity Credits Supply Fund auction opens 22 April
- Annual update for the Biodiversity Conservation Fund
- BOAMS gets an upgrade and a new name: BOS Portal
- Changes to the SAII list
- Biodiversity stewardship agreements
- New BOS assurance program
- Audit program for BDARs
- Complaints and feedback management
Previous newsletters
2026
2025
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 43 – 12 November 2025 (PDF 143KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 42 – 2 October 2025 (PDF 131KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 41 – 1 September 2025 (PDF 196KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 40 – 30 July 2025 (PDF 164KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 39 – 3 July 2025 (PDF 143KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 38 – 5 June 2025 (PDF 111KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 37 – 7 May 2025 (PDF 112KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 36 – 10 April 2025 (PDF 167KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 35 – 7 March 2025 (PDF 206KB)
2024
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 34 – 16 December 2024 (PDF 1.65MB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 33 – 18 November 2024 (PDF 140KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 32 – 8 October 2024 (PDF 183KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 31 – 2 September 2024 (PDF 138KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 30 – 5 August 2024 (PDF 130KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 29 – 25 June 2024 (PDF 130KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 28 – 3 June 2024 (PDF 198KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 27 – 22 April 2024 (PDF 217KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 26 – 18 March 2024 (PDF 202KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 25 – 20 February 2024 (PDF 158KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 24 – 29 January 2024 (PDF 129KB)
2023
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 23 – 21 December 2023 (PDF 380KB)
Download: Improvements to the Vegetation and Threatened Species Tool (PDF 117KB) - Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update special edition on improving credit market information – 13 December 2023 (PDF 251KB)
This special edition newsletter aims to communicate to stakeholders some of the initiatives the NSW Government is taking to improve credit market information, particularly about credit demand, supply and pricing, to enable participants of the scheme to make more informed decisions about generating, selling and buying biodiversity credits. - Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 23 – 21 December 2023 (PDF 380KB)
Download: Improvements to the Vegetation and Threatened Species Tool (PDF 117KB) - Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update special edition on improving credit market information – 13 December 2023 (PDF 251KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 22 – 22 November 2023 (PDF 194KB)
- Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update No. 21 – 23 October 2023 (PDF 268KB)
- BOS Update No. 20 – 26 September 2023 (PDF 348KB)
- BOS Update No. 19 – 25 August 2023 (PDF 203KB)
- BOS Update No 18 – 26 July 2023 (PDF 197KB)
- BOS Update No 17 – 21 June 2023 (PDF 412KB)
Download: - BOS Update No 16 – 22 May 2023 (PDF 460KB)
Release notes: BOS Update No.16 – New changes to threatened entity data in BioNet (PDF 289KB) - BOS Update No. 15 – 19 April 2023 (PDF 373KB)
Release notes: Deployment of Revised East Coast PCT Classification in the BAM-C (PDF 822KB) - BOS Update No. 14 – 21 March 2023 (PDF 158KB)
- BOS Update No. 13 – 23 February 2023 (PDF 151KB)
- BOS Update No. 12 – 31 January 2023 (PDF 166KB)
Release notes: Deployment of V1.2 Benchmarks in the BAM C (PDF 791KB)
2022
- BOS Update No. 11 – 16 December 2022 (PDF 200KB)
Download: - BOS Update No. 10 – 15 November 2022 (PDF 224KB)
Release notes: Biodiversity Offsets Scheme: Release notes: October 2022 (PDF 1.28MB) - BOS Update No. 9 – 30 September 2022 (PDF 168KB)
- BOS Update No. 8 – 13 September 2022 (PDF 220KB)
- BOS Update No. 7 – 15 August 2022 (PDF 216KB)
- BOS Update No. 6 – 28 July 2022 (PDF 162KB)
- BOS Update No. 5 – 27 June 2022 (PDF 273KB)
Release notes: Release notes: June 2022 (PDF 731KB) - BOS Updates No. 4 – 16 May 2022 (PDF 128KB)
- BOS Updates No. 3 – 12 April 2022 (PDF 222KB)
- BOS Updates No. 2 – 14 March 2022 (PDF 176KB)
- BOS Updates No. 1 – 9 February 2022 (PDF 210KB)
2021
- BAM Assessor update 52 – 20 December 2021 (PDF 311KB)
Release notes: BAM Calculator updates (PDF 1.55MB) - BAM Assessor update 51 – 29 October 2021 (PDF 242KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 50 – 2 September 2021 (PDF 102KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 49 – 26 July 2021 (PDF 129KB)
Release notes: BAM Assessor Update 48 – 3 June 2021 (PDF 119KB) - BAM data import on 7 June 2021 (PDF 569KB)
Release notes: How to submit and send back BOAMS cases (PDF 505KB) - BAM Assessor Update 47 – 29 April 2021 (PDF 121KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 46 – 9 April 2021 (PDF 118KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 45 – 11 March 2021 (PDF 53KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 44 – 11 February 2021 (PDF 184KB)
Release notes:
BOS Credit retirement/transfer forms:
2020
- BAM Assessor Update 43 – 23 December 2020 (PDF 153KB)
Release notes:
BOS Credit retirement and transfer forms: - BAM Assessor Update 42 – 7 December 2020 (PDF 57KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 41 – 5 November 2020 (PDF 52KB)
Release notes: Biodiversity Credit Open Fixed Price Offer (PDF 958KB) - BAM Assessor Update Special – 19 October 2020 (PDF 80KB)
Release notes:- Changes to the Biodiversity Assessment Method from 2017 to 2020
- Release notes: October 2020 Enhancements to the BAM Calculator based on the revised BAM 2020 and endorsement of BOS by the Commo (PDF 771KB)
- Release notes: October 2020 Enhancements to the BAM Calculator [BAM-C] and updates to SAII List (PDF 1.33MB)
- BAM Assessor Update 40 – 12 October 2020 (PDF 65KB)
Release notes: Adding a corporate landholder as a case party (PDF 103KB) - BAM Assessor Update 39 – 2 September 2020 (PDF 55KB)
Release notes: - BAM Assessor Update 38 – 5 August 2020 (PDF 132KB)
Release notes: BOPC in Tab 8 of the BAM calculator may not display the correct offset trading group (PDF 770KB) - BAM Assessor Update 37 – 25 June 2020 (PDF 114KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 36 – 1 June 2020 (PDF 154KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 35 – 28 April 2020 (PDF 138KB)
Release notes: Release Notes – regular data update in BAM-C (PDF 1.16MB) - BAM Assessor Update 34 – 2 April 2020 (PDF 148KB)
Release notes: Release notes – Consent Authority user access to BOAMS (PDF 1.39MB) - Release notes – Updating and saving credit pricing in BAMC (PDF 851KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 33 – 17 March 2020 (PDF 869KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 32 – 26 February 2020 (PDF 189KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 31 – 11 February 2020 (PDF 65KB)
- BAM Assessor Update – Number 30 – 24 January 2020 (PDF 88KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 29 – 23 January 2020 (PDF 46KB)
2019
- BAM Assessor Update 28 – 17 December 2019 (PDF 59KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 27 – 28 November 2019 (PDF 161KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 26 – 6 November 2019 (PDF 50KB)
- BAM Assessor Update 25 – 28 October 2019 (PDF 58KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 24 – 21 October 2019 (PDF 72KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 23 – 16 September 2019 (PDF 46KB)
Release notes: Release notes for the BAM-C data update on 27 September 2019 (PDF 604KB) - BAM Assessor Update Number 22 – 6 September 2019 (PDF 139KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 21 – 28 August 2019 (PDF 48KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 20 – 12 August 2019 (PDF 193KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 19 – 22 July 2019 (PDF 117KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 18 – 4 July 2019 (PDF 131KB)
Release notes: Release notes – upgrades to the BAM Credit Calculator (PDF 637KB) - BAM Assessor Update Number 17 – 18 June 2019 (PDF 39KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 16 – 29 May 2019 (PDF 189KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 15 – 16 May 2019 (PDF 126KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 14 – 28 February 2019 (PDF 121KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 13 – 28 February 2019 (PDF 41KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 12 – 8 February 2019 (PDF 44KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 11 – 18 January 2019 (PDF 168KB)
2018
- BAM Assessor Update Number 10 – 21 December 2018 (PDF 68KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 9 – 3 December 2018 (PDF 158KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 8 – 21 November 2018 (PDF 231KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 7 – 8 November 2018 (PDF 155KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 6 – 5 November 2018 (PDF 104KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 5 – 22 October 2018 (PDF 49KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 4 – 15 August 2018 (PDF 31KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 3 – 6 August 2018 (PDF 160KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 2 – 8 July 2018 (PDF 115KB)
- BAM Assessor Update Number 1 – 31 May 2018 (PDF 51KB)
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