Box Woodland Conservation Tender

Expressions of Interest for this tender have now closed.

Tender overview

The Box Woodland conservation tender is your opportunity to set a price to protect and manage important native vegetation on your land.

If successful, you will receive annual payments to implement an agreed conservation management plan and enter into an in-perpetuity agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust.

Upcoming dates

2 September, 2024: Expressions of interest opened
29 September, 2024: Expressions of interest closed at 11:59pm

Eligibility for a conservation agreement

The Box Woodland conservation tender focuses on conserving remnant patches four threatened ecological communities (TECs).

To enter this tender you must be:

an Owner of the land, as defined by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW); and,
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; and,
fit and proper persons to enter into a conservation agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust; and,
willing to enter an in-perpetuity conservation agreement or a fixed term conservation agreement of minimum 15 years with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust.

Eligible sites include those:

within a proposed tender area covering land in the Warrumbungle, Gilgandra, Dubbo, Narromine, Parkes, Mid-Western, and Cabonne local government areas (LGAs).
containing a minimum of 20 hectares with the following options:
- one single patch of ≥ 5ha of Fuzzy Box Woodland supplemented with target or non-target vegetation;
- one single patch of ≥ 20ha of Grey Box Grassy Woodland, or White Box Grassy Woodland, or Poplar Box Grassy Woodland.

The native vegetation proposed for a conservation agreement must be in moderate to good condition; and the landholder must be willing to enter a termed (minimum 15 years) or in-perpetuity agreement to deliver agreed management actions needed to protect and manage the native vegetation and fauna on the site.

For full participant and conservation site eligibility requirements, refer to the tender Landholder Guide.

Eligible landholders will be contacted for an on-property assessment. BCT staff will work with you to establish a conservation area with a management plan under a conservation agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust.