Conservation tenders

NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust tenders are your opportunity to present a competitive annual price to manage high quality native habitat and protect local biodiversity and your legacy into the future.

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Get paid to protect nature on your land

The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust regularly opens tenders to protect threatened native habitat and species.

These tenders are offered to landholders across NSW and specify the habitat and species we want to invest in.

If you're successful, you'll receive annual payments to carry out a conservation plan that you set with our ecologists and local support staff.

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How a conservation tender could pay to protect native species on your land

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How a conservation tender could pay to protect native species on your land

Are you a landholder in NSW?

Do you have biodiversity to protect on your place?

If so, then the Biodiversity Conservation Trust,

which protects biodiversity and brings benefits to landholders,

may be of interest to you.

One of the ways we do this is through our Conservation Tenders.

The tenders focus on high value biodiversity areas and gives

eligible landholders access to funding for the

management of conservation on their property.

There are four simple steps involved.

To find out if you are eligible, go to our website

and fill out the Expression of Interest form.

Field staff will work with you to identify the

environmental values on your property.

You can then submit a tender or bid naming the price per anum

you would like for conservation.

Bids are then ranked by value for money,

and successful landholders enter an agreement

receiving annual management payments.

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From NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT)

 


 

How it works

Tender opens

1

We will publish a landholder guide for each tender, which you should read before submitting an EOI and hold local information sessions in the tender area.

2

If eligible, submit an expression of interest by the closing date.

This does not commit you to a conservation agreement but is the first step toward managing an ongoing conservation area, registered on your land title.

3

When you submit your expression of interest, you’ll map for us the conservation area you propose to manage.

 This helps us assess your submission for the next step.

Eligibility check

1

We review your expression of interest and proposed conservation area to check if your land is eligible.

2

If it is, we’ll arrange to visit your site and help you draft a conservation management plan.

Submit a bid

1

You decide how much money you want to be paid each year to carry out the conservation management plan.

2

This price, per hectare, per year is a competitive bid, and will be submitted with your conservation management plan.

Evaluation

We use a consistent metric to rank the bids that represent the best value for money for the habitat and planned conservation work.

Offer and payment

1

If your bid is successful, you’ll be offered a conservation agreement.

2

Once the agreement is signed and registered on your land title, you’ll receive your first annual payment.

3

You’ll then begin your first year of conservation work and reporting.

Note: The process from submitting an expression of interest to signing an agreement may take up to a year.

How do conservation tenders work?

Find clear answers on eligibility, payments, agreements and how to apply.

Frequently asked questions

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Contact the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust

We welcome your feedback.

Phone:1300 992 688
Our website:nsw.gov.au/bct
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