Updated Biodiversity Assessment Method

The Biodiversity Assessment Method (BAM) underpins the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme, which is established under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. The BAM sets out how an accredited person assesses changes in biodiversity values from development and clearing activities, as well as from management actions at stewardship sites.

Changes to the BAM are required to incorporate recent amendments to the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and proposed amendments to the Biodiversity Conservation Regulation 2017, and to respond to recommendations resulting from the 5-year review of the BAM.

These legislative reforms are part of the Government’s broader strategy to set biodiversity in NSW on a path to recovery, as outlined in the NSW Plan for Nature.

For more information, go to our Biodiversity Assessment Method update: public consultation webpage.