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The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust opens tenders to protect high quality native habitat. Successful landholders will receive annual payments to carry out agreed conservation management actions set out in their conservation agreement.
How does it work?
When a new tender is announced, the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust will advertise and hold information sessions across the eligible areas to share information and answer any questions landholders may have. Interested landholders will be encouraged to submit a non-binding expression of interest and to identify the area on their land they wish to protect.
Upon receiving an expression of interest:
- The proposed area will be checked for eligibility and prioritised for a site assessment.
- Landholders with eligible sites will be assisted to develop a conservation management plan and identify the precise area (or areas) on their land for a proposed conservation agreement.
- Landholders will be invited to submit a tender or 'bid' which sets the annual payments they wish to receive to implement the conservation management plan. Depending on the type of tender, landholders will enter either an in-perpetuity or fixed-term agreement.
- Once the landholder submits a bid, the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust Evaluation Panel will rank each bid using a score to identify best value for money.
- The successful bidders will receive an offer to enter into a conservation agreement and, after the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust has signed the agreement, it is then registered on title. The first annual management payment is then released, and the first annual reporting period begins.
Contact us
Phone: 1300 992 688
Email: info@bct.nsw.gov.au
Office locations: Visit our regional map