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The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water partners with local government to manage flood risk and build community resilience through the Floodplain Management Program.

We monitor and report on the health of NSW estuaries to assess the condition of estuarine ecosystems, understand where more research is needed, and inform management decisions.

In response to the catastrophic flooding in February and March 2022, the Australian Government has provided NSW with $40 million in funding to manage flood risk for 62 disaster declared local government areas. The 2023–24 funding round has closed.

The Flood Prone Land Policy and Flood risk management manual guide local government in managing flood risk in their communities.

The flood risk management toolkit provides extra support for councils to understand and manage flood risk.

The NSW flood data portal makes it easy for government agencies and partner organisations to share key flood information.

A wide range of plants and animals depend on wetlands for their survival.

Fish use wetlands for breeding, feeding and shelter, whether in coastal or inland environments.

‘Range danger areas’ associated with shooting facilities sometimes extend into national parks. Our priority is visitor and staff safety.

This sets out NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service’s practices relating to collecting, using and disclosing personal information collected by traffic monitoring cameras and associated CCTV monitoring of traffic cameras in NSW national parks.