NRC native vegetation and biodiversity review

The Premier has requested the Natural Resources Commission to provide advice to the NSW Government on 3 reviews tasked under the NSW Plan for Nature (the plan).

In addition, we are working with Local Land Services to co-design a Land Management Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Framework.

Our role

Under the plan, the NSW Government has tasked us to:

• provide advice on options to further protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystem functions in regional landscapes, and to enhance value and support for landholders. An advisory panel will support the Commission
• provide advice on policy options to strengthen the management and protection of widespread Critically Endangered Ecological Communities (CEEC) under the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2018, including considering mechanisms that support and incentivise landholders to protect, restore and improve CEEC
• provide advice on policy options to improve outcomes for areas containing exclusively or predominantly non‑woody vegetation (such as grasslands and ground cover), including:
  • identifying options to reduce unallocated clearing rates for non‑woody vegetation
  • ensuring the protection of high‑value native grasslands
  • minimising over‑regulation of non‑native non‑woody vegetation and unrecoverable native non‑woody vegetation
• oversee the development of a Land Management Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Framework.