Clearing includes cutting down, felling, thinning, logging, removing, killing, destroying, poisoning, ringbarking, uprooting or burning native vegetation. In certain specific circumstances, clearing native vegetation does not require approval.
Go to:
- Local Land Services for information about rural clearing
- your local council for information about urban and environmental protection zone clearing
- the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme for all types of clearing.
Report any illegal clearing in NSW to Environment Line at any time.
By phone: 131 555
By email: info@environment.nsw.gov.au