NSW Dept of Planning and Environment

Title:	Native Vegetation Regulation 2012 : environmental outcomes assessment methodology, draft for public consultation
Authors:	Office of Environment and Heritage
Keywords:	Environmental law;Vegetation management;Clearing of land
Issue Date:	2012
Publisher:	OEH,
Description:	"OEH 2012/0178"--Verso cover. Cover title. On cover: Protecting and investing in healthy and productive landscapes for the people of New South Wales. "This version was originally published in the NSW Government Gazette on 18 November 2005 and incorporates amendments published on 21 July 2006, 24 November 2006, 2 March 2007, 8 October 2010, 4 March 2011 and ..."--Verso cover. Includes bibliographical references. Introduction -- Assessment of broadscale clearing proposals -- Invasive native species assessment -- Thinning to benchmark stem densities -- Pasture cropping systems -- Streamlined assessment of low risk categories of native vegetation clearing -- Water quality and aquatic biodiversity -- Prevention of land degradation -- Prevention of salinity -- Biodiversity values. "An objective of the Native Vegetation Act 2003 is to end broadscale clearing except where the clearing will improve or maintain environmental outcomes. This Environmental Outcomes Assessment Methodology (EOAM) sets out the circumstances in which broadscale clearing is to be regarded as improving or maintaining environmental outcomes. This methodology provides the science and the logic underpinning the assessment process. It will continue to be refined based on improved science and experience."--P. 6. Also available online. On 27/07/2012 freely available from the website of NSW Environment & Heritage at: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/vegetation/20120178NVEOAMDraft.htm. © 2012 State of NSW and Office of Environment and Heritage.
Internal ID Number:	36569
URI:	https://nswdpe.intersearch.com.au/nswdpejspui/handle/1/10124
ISBN:	9781742935393
Appears in Collections:	Office of Environment and Heritage [2010-2019]

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