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How does it work?
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This tender aims to support private landholders to protect important native habitat for threatened woodland bird species, including, but not limited to, the critically endangered regent honeyeater.
If you own 20ha in the Hunter Valley or Central Tablelands regions with important native vegetation, you may be eligible for annual payments to protect and manage a portion of your land.
Successful landholders will enter an agreed conservation management plan and an in-perpetuity conservation agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust.
The in-perpetuity agreement is placed on the land title and protects the agreed conservation area into the future. Annual payments support the delivery of agreed management actions on the site.
Eligibility
To enter this tender your land must:
be within the proposed conservation tender area covering areas of Cessnock, Hawkesbury, Lake Macquarie, Lithgow, Mid-Western Regional, Muswellbrook, Singleton and Upper Hunter Local Government Areas
AND
support at least 20ha of moderate to good condition native vegetation
AND
- contain a minimum of 5ha of a target threatened ecological community (TEC) in moderate to good condition.
If your proposed conservation area does not contain the minimum 5ha of a TEC, but offers native habitat for threatened woodland bird species, we invite you to submit your interest to progress a desktop assessment.
To enter this tender you must be:
- an owner of the land, as defined by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
- an Australian citizen, registered for tax purposes in Australia and holding an Australian bank account, or an Australian registered company, registered for tax purposes in Australia, registered for GST and holding an Australian bank account
- fit and proper persons to enter into a conservation agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust
- willing to enter an in-perpetuity conservation agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust.
Full landholder and site eligibility is available in the landholder guide.
Download the Landholder Guide
Tender area
Check whether your property is within the offer area by searching for your property address on the interactive eligible area map.
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- Central Hunter Grey Box – Ironbark Woodland
- Central Hunter Ironbark – Spotted Gum – Grey Box Forest
- Central Hunter Valley Eucalypt Forest and Woodland
- Fuzzy Box Woodland on alluvial Soils of the South Western Slopes, Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow Belt South
- Hunter Floodplain Redgum Woodland
- Hunter Lowland Redgum Forest
- Hunter Valley Footslopes Slaty Gum Woodland
- Inland Grey Box Woodland
- Kurri Sand Swamp Woodland
- Lower Hunter Spotted Gum-Ironbark Forest
- Quorrobolong Scribbly Gum Woodland
- River-Flat Eucalypt Forest
- Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal floodplains
- Warkworth Sands Woodland
Important dates
| Key dates | Milestones |
|---|---|
| 5pm on 31 August | Expressions of interest close |
| October - November | On-site assessments |
| February 2027 | Conservation management plan consultations close |
| March 2027 | Obligation-free conservation management bids open |
| From July 2027 | Successful landholders notified |
Helpful links
Full landholder and site eligibility is available in the downloadable landholder guide.
Download a sample conservation agreement template.
Can't make it to an information session? Watch a recorded presentation.
Express your interest
FAQs
Before you choose to express your interest in the Hunter-Central Tablelands Woodlands conservation tender, review our frequently asked questions.
Contact the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust
We welcome your feedback.