Western fixed price offer

Earn annual payments to protect and manage native habitat and species across Western areas of NSW.

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Western area fixed price offer schedule of rates

This fixed price offer schedule sets out NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust payments, per hectare, per year, for eligible local government areas across the Western Division of NSW.

Fixed price offer schedule for Western NSW

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Western Lands Division LGAs	Land capability classes 7 and 8$/ha/year	Land capability classes 4,5 and 6$/ha/year	Land capability classes 1,2 and 3$/ha/year
Balranald	$21.06	$26.81	$31.61
Bogan	$57.97	$77.94	$108.83
Bourke	$11.87	$13.73	$15.46
Brewarrina	$17.27	$20.51	$23.02
Broken Hill	$10.44	$14.53	$28.72
Carrathool	$57.10	$70.57	$75.91
Central Darling	$8.24	$11.76	$14.22
Cobar	$14.93	$16.28	$17.81
Hay	$30.17	$43.25	$50.01
Unincorporated	$9.55	$11.76	$15.71
Walgett	$39.09	$49.51	$55.20
Wentworth	$21.37	$26.51	$32.02

Eligibility

To submit an expression of interest, you must be:

a landowner, as defined by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW)
an Australian citizen or Australian registered company, with:
- tax registration in Australia
- an Australian bank account
- (companies only) GST registration
a fit and proper person to enter a long-term conservation agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust.

Your land must be within a Western Division LGA, as identified in the schedule, and:

at least 500 hectares of native vegetation
at least 20 hectares of a Threatened Ecological Community
include an important wetland.

For properties that have some kind of existing agreement, protection or obligations, you may be eligible, although we may give preference to properties without any existing agreements – see the Landholder Guide below for details or contact our staff.

Note: You don't need to know if your land includes a Threatened Ecological Community or wetland. Our ecologists will assess this for you.

Timeline and process

Submitting an expression of interest is a 2-step, online, process:

Fill out the expression of interest form.
After you submit the form, you'll get a link to map the area you want to protect. Within 10 days of receiving the link, use it to map the boundary of your proposed conservation area.

What happens next:

Your expression of interest, including your proposed conservation area, is reviewed by our team.
If prioritised, we’ll contact you to arrange a site visit.
You’ll receive a draft conservation management plan.
If your site represents good value for the set price, you’ll be offered a conservation agreement
Once the agreement is registered on your land title, you’ll receive annual payments at a fixed rate, per hectare, per year.

The current submission period closes on 1 March 2026.

The next round of expressions of interest will open later in 2026.