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    Wildlife management

    Native animals are protected in NSW. We undertake and oversee the management of wildlife populations to ensure they are sustainably harvested and appropriately cared for when traded or relocated.
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    Native animals are protected in NSW. We undertake and oversee the management of wildlife populations to ensure they are sustainably harvested and appropriately cared for when traded or relocated.
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    • Biodiversity conservation
      • About the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016
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        • Applying for a clause 34A certification
      • Land management
      • Assessment Bilateral Agreement
      • Transitional Native Vegetation Regulatory Map
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        • Interim Grasslands and other Groundcover Assessment Method
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      • Biodiversity Assessment Method
        • Biodiversity Assessment Method 2017
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      • About biodiversity
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      • BioBanking
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      • Biodiversity conservation policies and guidelines
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      • Australian white ibis national community survey
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        • Australian brush turkey
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        • Lord Howe woodhen
        • Lyrebirds
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        • Parrots
        • Platypus
        • Purple copper butterfly
        • Shearwaters
        • Snakes
        • Spotted-tail quoll
        • Whales
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      • Living with native animals
      • Helping wildlife in emergencies
        • Helping koalas in emergencies
        • Helping flying-foxes in emergencies
      • Sick or injured animals
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    • Threatened species
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    • Wildlife management
      • Flying-fox management
        • Flying-fox camp management
        • Flying-foxes and commercial crops
        • Heat stress in flying-fox camps
      • Kangaroo management
        • Commercial harvester licence
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        • Kangaroo management advisory panel
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      • Management of deceased whales
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    • Native vegetation
      • Landholders
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      • Importance of native vegetation
      • Clearing with self-assessable codes
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      • Compliance and enforcement
        • Help stop illegal clearing
        • Monitoring for vegetation compliance
      • Native Vegetation Act 2003 public register
        • Approved clearing
        • CMA/LLS discretions
        • Increased buffer distances
        • Local government infrastructure RAMA
      • Native Vegetation Act
      • Landcover monitoring and reporting
        • 2018 landcover change reporting
        • Woody vegetation change: Statewide Landcover and Tree Study method
        • Pre 2018 landcover reporting (SLATS)
        • Other native vegetation publications
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      • Vegetation Condition Benchmarks
    • Pest animals and weeds
      • About pest animals and weeds
      • Managing pest animals and weeds in our national parks
        • National Parks and Wildlife Sevice aerial baiting program 2020
        • Pesticide use notification plan
        • Supplementary pest control program
      • Regional pest management strategies
      • Pest animals
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      • Weeds
        • New and emerging weeds
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        • Monitoring native plant recovery
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    • Kangaroo management

      The main goal of our kangaroo management program is conservation. We work to ensure kangaroo populations are harvested in a humane way, and populations remain ecologically sustainable.

    • Wildlife policies and guidelines

      Our policies, guidelines and codes of practice cover many aspects of the management and protection of our wildlife.

    • Flying-fox management

      We oversee the conservation and effective and humane management of flying-foxes in NSW.

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