Environment and Heritage
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17 Apr 2024
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Our compliance and enforcement work upholds government legislation and ensures the fair and safe application of the law.
Policy Biodiversity
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03 Feb 2017
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The purpose of this document is to provide a user guide for the core system and soil profile components of the SALIS 5 application.
Manual Land and soil
01 Mar 1998
PDF 3.39 MB
This information sheet provides guidance for maintaining heritage gardens and grounds including understanding what is significant about the place, major plantings, conserving the design and ongoing maintenance.
Guide Final
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06 Feb 2026
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The BioNet Species Sightings Web Service is an open application programming interface.
Technical note BioNet
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28 Feb 2023
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The Act aims to protect and conserve biodiversity in New South Wales while also facilitating ecologically sustainable development.
Discussion paper Final
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18 May 2023
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This template is to support the preparation of a Biodiversity Certification Assessment Report (BCAR) for an application for biodiversity certification under Part 6 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. It is used for standard and strategic applications for biodiversity certification.
Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Biodiversity
27 Oct 1996
PDF 3.53 MB
This report was developed to help property owners, heritage practitioners, local councils and state government agencies to identify and assess curtilages for heritage items and heritage conservation areas.
Guide Final
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04 Jun 2025
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The BioNet Species Names Web Service provides an open application programming interface to enable IT developers to integrate the BioNet species taxonomy within software applications.
Technical note BioNet
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21 Sep 2022
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The Terms of Reference outline the requirements and scope for the statutory 5-year review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
Publication Final
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07 Mar 2024
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This document provides an outline of the process for completing a BAM assessment, the functions/calculations performed and the results presented by the BAM Calculator.
Manual Biodiversity Offsets Scheme
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