Compliance Framework
Compliance Driver
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW)
Classification
Level 4
Local area requirement, managed locally .
Associated Legislation
Associated Standards
None
Associated Codes
None
Associated Information
None
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Administrative Information
Administrative Body
Department of Planning, Industry and Environment NSW
Administrative Name
Administrative Address
Administrative Phone
1300 305 695
Administrative Email
Administrative Website
https://www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/
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General Introduction
VC Compliance Delegate
Meredith Parry, Chief Operating Officer
Compliance Coordinator
Suzannah Mitchell, Environmental Sustainability Manager
Business Units Impacted
Overview
The purpose of this Act is to maintain a healthy, productive and resilient environment for the greatest well-being of the community, now and into the future, consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development (described in section 6(2) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991). In particularâ€"
(a) to conserve biodiversity at bioregional and State scales, and
(b) to maintain the diversity and quality of ecosystems and enhance their capacity to adapt to change and provide for the needs of future generations, and
(c) to improve, share and use knowledge, including local and traditional Aboriginal ecological knowledge, about biodiversity conservation, and
(d) to support biodiversity conservation in the context of a changing climate, and
(e) to support collating and sharing data, and monitoring and reporting on the status of biodiversity and the effectiveness of conservation actions, and
(f) to assess the extinction risk of species and ecological communities, and identify key threatening processes, through an independent and rigorous scientific process, and
(g) to regulate human interactions with wildlife by applying a risk-based approach, and
(h) to support conservation and threat abatement action to slow the rate of biodiversity loss and conserve threatened species and ecological communities in nature, and
(i) to support and guide prioritised and strategic investment in biodiversity conservation, and
(j) to encourage and enable landholders to enter into voluntary agreements over land for the conservation of biodiversity, and
(k) to establish a framework to avoid, minimise and offset the impacts of proposed development and land use change on biodiversity, and
(l) to establish a scientific method for assessing the likely impacts on biodiversity values of proposed development and land use change, for calculating measures to offset those impacts and for assessing improvements in biodiversity values, and
(m) to establish market-based conservation mechanisms through which the biodiversity impacts of development and land use change can be offset at landscape and site scales, and
(n) to support public consultation and participation in biodiversity conservation and decision-making about biodiversity conservation, and
(o) to make expert advice and knowledge available to assist the Minister in the administration of this Act.Compliance Obligations
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Comply with Legislation
Description
UNE is to comply with the obligations under the Act and in accordance with the purpose the Act to maintain a healthy, productive and resilient environment for the greatest well-being of the community, now and into the future, consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development
Impacts
Responsible Manager
Bradley Nixon, Associate Director Operational Services
Coordinating Officer
Suzannah Mitchell, Environmental Sustainability Manager
Coordinating Unit
Estate and Built Environment
Oversight Committee/Group
None
Business Units Impacted
Obligation Framework
Associated Legislation
None
Associated Standard
None
Associated Code
None
Associated Information
None
Management Tools
Rule
None
Policy
None
Procedure
None
Guideline
None
Other Websites
Compliance Overview