We've compiled the below resources to help you stand up for nature.
Submission Guide
Joint environment groups' submission
- Submission in to draft Regulations and Codes - June 2017 - Download
- Submission in to draft Legislation - November 2016 - Download
General factsheets
- Briefing Note - Biodiversity Legislation Review - August 2016 - Download
- Flyer - General Overview Flyer - Download
- Summary of Key Changes Factsheet- Download
- The Environmental Defenders Office Top 10 Concerns - Link
Specific issue factsheets
- Land Clearing Codes - Factsheet 1 - Download
- Biodiversity Offsetting - Factsheet 2 - Download
- Land Clearing and Climate Change - Factsheet 3 - Download
- Implications for Urban Areas - Factsheet 4 - Download
- Paddock Trees - Factsheet 5 - Download
- Submissions raise key concerns - Factsheet 6 - Download
Lobbying tools
- Briefing Note – Biodiversity Legislation Review - Download
- Form letter to Premier Baird
- Form letter to your local MP
- Form letter Prime Minister Turnbull
Background information
- Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists - Letter to NSW MPs - Download
- Timeline of land clearing laws and the biodiversity laws review process - Download
- Mike Baird's promises on the environment - Download
- Biodiversity - Fast Facts - Download
- Independent Panel’s Report and Recommendations - Download
- Conserving and Restoring Biodiversity in NSW - Submission to the Independent Biodiversity Legislation Review Panel - September 2014 - Download
- Frequently Asked Questions - Download
The government's public consultation
- Here is the government's media release announcing the changes
- The government's website is called: Sustain, Invest, Protect: A new approach to land management and conservation in NSW
Reports
- Native wildlife at risk if NSW Native Vegetation Act is repealed - WWF (2015) - Download
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Laws for the bush - Benefiting biodiversity and people – TEC (2014) - Download
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Climate Change and Australia's Tree Clearing Crisis - The Wilderness Society (2016) - Link
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NSW State of the Environment Report 2015 - Download
Other groups' submissions
- Cotton Australia - Download
- Georges River Combined Councils' Committee - Download
- Hunter Councils - Download
- Law Society of NSW - Download
- Northern Rivers Regional Organisation of Councils - Download
- NSW Aboriginal Land Council - Download
- NSW Minerals Council - Download
- Planning Institute of Australia - Download
- Royal Zoological Society of NSW - Download
- Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils - Download
- Sydney Coastal Councils Group - Download
- UNSW Centre for Ecosystem Science - Download
- Urban Development Institute of Australia - Download
- Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists - Download
- Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils - Download